Usage:
Twist Creek Siltstone of Tuxedni Group (AK*)
Geologic age:
Jurassic, Middle*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type section: on Tonnie Creek, starting 5,000 ft S. 47 deg. E. of Tonnie Peak and continuing upstream for 500 ft, Cook Inlet region, Iniskin Peninsula, southwestern AK. Named from Twist Creek, a tributary of Fitz Creek (Detterman, 1963).
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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