Usage:
Poul Creek Formation (AK*)
Subunits:
(alphabetical) --all in AK: Basin Creek Member, Burls Creek Shale Member, Split Creek Sandstone Member.
Geologic age:
Tertiary (late Eocene to early Miocene)*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type locality: On Poul Creek, Yakataga district, Controller Bay region, southeastern AK (Miller, 1957).
Named from exposures along Poul Creek, Yakataga district, Controller Bay region, southeastern AK (Taliaferro, 1932).
AAPG geologic province:
Alaska Southern 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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