Usage:
/Adams Formation (AK)
[Preoccupied. Name previously applied to Adams Argillite by Brabb (1967) in AK.]
Geologic age:
Quaternary (Holocene)
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type section: exposures on southeast shore of Adams Inlet, Lat. 58 deg. 53 min. N., Long. 135 deg. 47 min. 54 sec. W. [southeast AK]. Top of section has elevation of 199 m and is 1.9 km N. 30 deg. E. from top of Tree Mountain (McKenzie, 1970).
AAPG geologic province:
Alaska Southeastern region
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
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