Usage:
Klawak Formation (AK*)
Geologic age:
Pennsylvanian, Early*
Pennsylvanian, Middle*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Exposures along west coast of Prince of Wales Island and adjacent small islands along fiord trending north from Klawock to near south entrance of Big Salt Lake, southeast AK (Eberlein and Churkin, 1970).
AAPG geologic province:
Alaska Southeastern 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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