Usage:
Whirlwind Creek Formation (AK*)
Geologic age:
late Silurian and Devonian*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type section: ridge between Whirlwind and Soda Creeks, in sec. 23, T. 24 S., R. 23 E., Medfra B-3 quadrangle (scale 1:63,360), west-central AK (Dutro and Patton, 1982).
AAPG geologic province:
Alaska West-Central 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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