Usage:
Cherry Point Clay (WA)
Geologic age:
Pleistocene, late
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type locality: Cherry Point on Strait of Georgia, northern Puget Lowland, northwestern WA. Outcrops restricted to sea cliffs along Strait of Georgia, near type locality, but unit probably continuous beneath upland to the east. Named from Cherry Point [Lat. 48 deg. 51 min. 42 sec. N., Long. 122 deg. 44 min. 54 sec. W., Lummi Bay 7.5-min quadrangle, Whatcom Co., northwestern WA] (Easterbrook, 1963).
AAPG geologic province:
Puget Sound province
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