Usage:
Paveloff Siltstone Member of Chinitna Formation (AK*)
Geologic age:
Jurassic, Middle*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type section: begins about 1,800 ft N. 40 deg. W. of Front Mountain and continues upstream for 750 ft in strata that dip 20 to 25 deg. SE. Named from Paveloff Creek, [an] easterly tributary of Bowser Creek, along which member is exposed in nearly vertical cliffs on the west face of Front Mountain, Iniskin-Tuxedni region, southwestern AK (Detterman and Hartsock, 1966).
AAPG geologic 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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