Usage:
Kavik Member of Ivishak Formation of Sadlerochit Group (AK*)
Kavik Shale of Sadlerochit Group (AK-recognized locally in subsurface of Prudhoe Bay area)
Geologic age:
Early Triassic*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type locality: exposures on both flanks of small anticline, along Kavik River, between Lat. 69 deg. 17 min. and 69 deg. 18 min. N., Long. 146 deg. 52 min. W., northeastern AK (Detterman and others, 1975).
AAPG geologic province:
Alaska Northern region*
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
Asterisk (*) indicates published by U.S. Geological Survey authors.
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