Usage:
Jago River Formation (AK)
Geologic age:
Late Cretaceous to Paleocene
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type section: exposure along east bank of Sabbath Creek, 47 m south of Barter Island and village of Kaktovik, northeastern AK. Named from Jago River (Buckingham, 1987).
AAPG geologic province:
Arctic Coastal Plains province
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
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