Usage:
Nome Complex (AK*)
Subunits:
(alphabetical) --all in AK*: Casadepaga Schist, Solomon Schist.
Geologic age:
Neoproterozoic to Paleozoic* [protolith age]
Jurassic* [metamorphic age]
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Most typically developed to south of Kigluaik and Bendeleben Mountains, Seward Peninsula, central western AK (Brooks and others, 1901).
AAPG geologic province:
Seward Peninsula province*
Alaska West-Central 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 ([ ]).