U.S. Geological Survey Home AASG Logo USGS HOME CONTACT USGS SEARCH USGS
National Geologic Map Database

Geologic Unit: Arlington

Usage:

Arlington Gravel Member of Vashon Drift (WA*-local)


Geologic age:

Quaternary (Pleistocene)*


Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:

[Type area]: in western Snohomish Co., northwestern WA; contains T. 26 to 32 N. of the Willamette base line (Newcomb, 1952).


AAPG geologic province:

Puget Sound province*


For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.

Asterisk (*) indicates published by U.S. Geological Survey authors.

"No current usage" (†) implies that a name has been abandoned or has fallen into disuse. Former usage and, if known, replacement name given in parentheses ( ).

Slash (/) indicates name conflicts with nomenclatural guidelines (CSN, 1933; ACSN, 1961, 1970; NACSN, 1983, 2005, 2021). May be explained within brackets ([ ]).