Usage:
Miluveach Formation of Ugnuravik Group (AK-subsurface)
Geologic age:
Early Cretaceous
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type section (subsurface): depth-interval 6,793 to 6,262 ft, Ugnu State No.1 well, Kuparuk oil field, northernmost edge of Alaskan North Slope. Named from Miluveach River (Carman and Hardwick, 1983).
AAPG geologic province:
Alaska Northern region
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