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Geologic Unit: Asses Ears

Usage:

Asses Ears Granite (AK)


Geologic age:

Cretaceous


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

Type locality not stated. Inmachuk map area covers 110 sq mi in northern Seward Peninsula, 10 mi north of Kotzebue Sound and 25 mi southwest of Deering, Seward Peninsula, west-central AK (Herreid, 1966).


AAPG geologic province:

Alaska West-Central region


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