Usage:
Jansen Creek Member of Makah Formation (WA*)
Geologic age:
Tertiary
Oligocene, early*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type section: sea cliffs, wave-cut platforms, and sea stacks from headland 0.5 km east of Bullman Creek to point 0.7 km southeast of Brush Point, in NE/4 NW/4 sec. 6, T. 32 N., R. 13 W., Strait of Juan de Fuca, Clallam Co., WA (Snavely and others, 1980).
AAPG geologic province:
Olympic Mountains province
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 ( ).
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