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Geologic Unit: Kenai

Usage:

Kenai Group (AK*)


Subunits:

(alphabetical) --all in AK: Beluga Formation*, Hemlock Conglomerate* or Hemlock Formation, Sterling Formation*, Tyonek Formation*, West Foreland Formation.


Geologic age:

Tertiary
Oligocene, early* to Miocene*
Pliocene*


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

Homer district, Kenai Peninsula, southern AK (Barnes and Cobb, 1959).


AAPG geologic province:

Alaska Southern 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 ([ ]).