Usage:
Yakutat Group (AK*)
Geologic age:
Late(?) Jurassic and Cretaceous*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Exposed about Yakutat Bay and westward along foot of St. Elias Mountain to Icy Bay. Also forms major part of coastal mountains between Disenchantment Bay and Dry Bay (Russell, 1891).
AAPG geologic province:
Alaska Southern 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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