Usage:
Kialagvik Formation (AK*)
Subunits:
(alphabetical) --all in AK: Aleuts Member, Gaikema Sandstone Member, Kolosh Member.
Geologic age:
Jurassic, Middle*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Principal reference section: along south side of Short Creek, [in T. 32 S., R. 44 W., Ugashik B-2 quadrangle (scale 1:63,360), southwestern AK]; section from VABM Creek [in sec. 34] westward about 2 km into east side of sec. 32, and continuing northeastward up ridge into sec. 28 (Detterman and others, 1996).
AAPG geologic province:
Alaska Southwestern 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 ([ ]).