Usage:
Puppets Formation of Hyd Group (AK*)
Geologic age:
Triassic, Late*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
The Puppets-Punch Hill area, in secs. 17, 19, and 20, T. 77 S., R. 91 E., and in sec. 24, T. 77 S., R. 90 E., southern Gravina Island, southeast AK. [Named from the Puppets.] (Berg, 1973).
AAPG geologic province:
Alaska Southeastern 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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