Usage:
Prudhoe Bay Group (AK-recognized locally in subsurface of Prudhoe Bay oil field)
Subunits:
(alphabetical) --all in AK: [?]Sadlerochit Formation, [?]Sag River Formation, [?]Shublik Formation.
Geologic age:
Permian
Triassic
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Not synopsized to date. Shown on stratigraphic column of Prudhoe Bay field, North Slope, AK (Rickwood, 1970).
AAPG geologic province:
Alaska Northern region
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
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