Usage:
Paradise Fork Formation (AK*)
Geologic age:
early Silurian*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Low hills between Paradise Fork and upper Sulukna River drainages, in secs. 11, 12, 14 and 23, T. 19 S., R. 26 E., Medfra D-2 quadrangle (scale 1:63,360), west-central AK (Dutro and Patton, 1982).
AAPG geologic 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.
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