Usage:
Bellingham Bay Member of Chuckanut Formation (WA)
Geologic age:
Tertiary
Eocene, early
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type section: coastal exposures along Bellingham Bay and on Chuckanut Drive, in secs. 6, 7, 8, and 9, T. 36 N., R. 3 E., sec. 1, T. 36 N., R. 2 E., and sec. 25 and 36, T. 37 N., R. 2 E., Bellingham, Whatcom Co., WA (Johnson, 1984).
AAPG geologic province:
Puget Sound province
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
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