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Geologic Unit: Kittitas

Usage:

Kittitas Drift (WA*)


Subunits:

(alphabetical) --all in WA: Indian John phase, Swauk Prairie phase.


Geologic age:

Quaternary
Pleistocene*


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

Composite of Indian John and Swauk Prairie Members [now phases]: in upper Yakima River drainage basin, Kittitas Co., WA (Porter, 1976). [See entries under Indian John and Swauk Prairie.]


AAPG geologic province:

Cascades 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 ( ).

Slash (/) indicates name conflicts with nomenclatural guidelines (CSN, 1933; ACSN, 1961, 1970; NACSN, 1983, 2005, 2021). May be explained within brackets ([ ]).