Usage:
/Marsh Creek Member of Kemik Sandstone (AK)
[Preoccupied. Name previously applied to Marsh Creek Breccia Member of Talkeetna Formation by Detterman and Hartsock (1966) in southwestern AK.]
Geologic age:
Early Cretaceous
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type section: west fork of Marsh Creek, north side of Brooks Range, in SW/4 SE/4 sec. 22, T. 4 N., R. 29 E., Mount Michelson quadrangle, northern AK (Mull, 1987).
AAPG geologic province:
Alaska Northern region
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
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