Usage:
Bowser Formation of Tuxedni Group (AK*)
Geologic age:
Jurassic, Middle*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type locality: Tonnie Creek, from 4,500 ft S. 47 deg. E. of Tonnie Peak, continuing upstream for 1,500 ft, Iniskin Peninsula, Cook Inlet region, southwestern AK. Named from Bowser Creek, which drains southeastern part of Iniskin Peninsula (Detterman, 1963).
AAPG geologic province:
Alaska Southwestern region*
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
Asterisk (*) indicates published by U.S. Geological Survey authors.
"No current usage" (†) implies that a name has been abandoned or has fallen into disuse. Former usage and, if known, replacement name given in parentheses ( ).
Slash (/) indicates name conflicts with nomenclatural guidelines (CSN, 1933; ACSN, 1961, 1970; NACSN, 1983, 2005, 2021). May be explained within brackets ([ ]).