Usage:
Beaucoup Formation (AK*)
Geologic age:
early Late Devonian (Frasnian)*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type section: on northeast side of Beaucoup Creek, in secs. 19 and 20, T. 14 S., R. 20 E., Philip Smith Mountains A-1 quadrangle (scale 1:63,360), central Brooks Range, AK (Dutro and others, 1979).
Type locality: Beaucoup Creek Valley (Dutro and others, 1979).
Type area: Philip Smith Mountains (Dutro and others, 1979).
AAPG geologic province:
Alaska Northern region*
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
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