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Geologic Unit: Strelna

Usage:

Strelna Formation (AK)
/Strelna Metamorphics (AK)


Geologic age:

Pennsylvanian, Early


Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:

Reference section: headwaters of Canyon Creek (in SW/4 sec. 12, T. 6 S., R. 6 E., Valdez B-1 quadrangle (scale 1:63,360), southern AK (Plafker and others, 1989).


AAPG geologic province:

Alaska Southern region


For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.

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