Usage:
Franklin Bluffs Member of Sagavanirktok Formation (AK*)
Geologic age:
Tertiary (Eocene to Miocene)*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type section: along stream cutting west side of Franklin Bluffs, 1.8 km (1.1 mi) S. 10 deg. W. of VABM Greta, Lat. 69 deg. 45 min. N., and between Long. 148 deg. 39 min. to 148 deg. 41 min. W. (Detterman and others, 1975).
Reference section (lower part): along Sagavanirktok River at southern end of Franklin Bluffs, in SE/4 sec. 16, T. 5 N., R. 14 E., approx. 2 mi south of type section (Mull and others, 2003).
AAPG geologic province:
Alaska Northern region*
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
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