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Geologic Unit: Kanuti

Usage:

/Kanuti series [informal] (AK*)

[When referring to the Kanuti series of Mendenhall (1902), please use informally. Or, see NACSN (2021, Art. 29a, 38) for suggestions on replacement terms. The practice of employing "Series" for lithostratigraphic or lithodemic nomenclature is now regarded as improper (ACSN, 1961, 1970; NACSN, 1983, 2005, 2021). The term "Series" is applied formally only to chronostratigraphic units.]


Geologic age:

Paleozoic*


Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:

Not synopsized to date. Occurs for 30 mi in canyon walls of Kanuti River, tributary to Koyukuk River, west-central AK (Mendenhall, 1902)


AAPG geologic province:

Alaska West-Central 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 ([ ]).