Usage:
Northeast Creek Sandstone Member of Naknek Formation (AK*)
Geologic age:
Jurassic, Late*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type section: on east-facing ridge and extending down to tributary of Northeast Creek, in sec. 34, T. 37 S., R. 51 W., Sutwik Island D-5 quadrangle (scale 1:63,360), Alaska Peninsula, southwestern AK. Named from exposures on Northeast Creek (Detterman and others, 1996).
AAPG geologic province:
Alaska Peninsula province*
Alaska Southwestern 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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