Usage:
Silver Cliff Member of Kewaunee Formation (WI)
Geologic age:
Quaternary
Pleistocene
Wisconsinan, late
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type section: Road cut at the crest of the Inner Mountain moraine on the north side of Eagle River Road, SW/4 SW/4 SW/4 sec.9, T. 34 N., R. 18 E., Roaring Rapids 7.5-min quadrangle, Marinette Co., WI. Named from the Twp. of Silver Cliff (Mickelson and others, 1984).
AAPG geologic province:
Wisconsin arch
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
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