Usage:
Shublik Formation (AK*)
[?] Shublik Formation of Prudhoe Bay Group (AK-recognized locally in subsurface of Prudhoe Bay oil field)
Geologic age:
Triassic, Middle*
Triassic, Late*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Reference section: 13.4 km N. 84 deg. W. of confluence of Fire Creek with Sadlerochit River, Lat. 69 deg. 31 min. 45 sec. N., Long. 145 deg. 12 min. 00 sec. W., northeastern AK (Detterman and others, 1975).
AAPG geologic province:
Alaska Northern 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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