Usage:
Shelikof Formation (AK*)
Geologic age:
Jurassic, Middle*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type section: along northeast shore of Puale Bay, between S/2 sec. 9, T. 28 S., R. 38 W., and sec. 19, T. 28 S., R. 37 W., Karluk C-4, C-5, and D-5 quadrangles (scale 1:63,360), southwestern AK (Allaway and others, 1984).
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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