Beluga Formation of Kenai Group (AK*)
Beluga Formation (AK)
Tertiary
Miocene, middle*
Miocene, late*
Type section (subsurface): Standard Oil of California Beluga River No.1 well (212-35), in SW/4 NW/4 sec. 35, T. 13 N., R. 10 W., Seward Meridian, Cook Inlet, AK (Calderwood and Fackler, 1972).
Alaska Southern region*
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