Usage:
Basin Creek Member of Poul Creek Formation (AK*)
Geologic age:
early Tertiary (middle Oligocene)*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type locality: exposures in valley of Basin Creek, Katalla district, Controller Bay region, southeastern AK (Miller, 1975).
Reference section: ridge forming drainage divide between valleys of Split Creek, Redwood Creek, and Burls Creek (Miller, 1975).
AAPG geologic province:
Alaska Southern region*
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
Asterisk (*) indicates published by U.S. Geological Survey authors.
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