Schrader Bluff Formation
The Schrader Bluff Formation is a geologic formation in Alaska. It preserves fossils dating back to the Cretaceous period,[4]
| Schrader Bluff Formation | |
|---|---|
| Stratigraphic range: Late Cretaceous[1] | |
| Type | Formation |
| Underlies | Prince Creek Formation[2] |
| Overlies | Tuluvak Formation[2] |
| Location | |
| Region | Alaska |
| Country | United States |
| Type section | |
| Named for | Schrader Bluff on the Anaktuvuk River[3] |
| Named by | George Gryc, et al[3] |
Fossil remains include Inoceramus and Scaphites.[5]
Originally named by George Gryc and others as the marine formation of the Colville Group (abandoned).[3]
References
- Dolores A. Van Der Kolk; Peter P. Flaig; Stephen T. Hasiotis (August 2015). "Paleoenvironmental Reconstruction of A Late Cretaceous, Muddy, River-Dominated Polar Deltaic System: Schrader Bluff–Prince Creek Formation Transition, Shivugak Bluffs, North Slope of Alaska, U.S.A". Journal of Sedimentary Research. 85 (8): 903–936. Bibcode:2015JSedR..85..903V. doi:10.2110/JSR.2015.58. ISSN 1527-1404. Wikidata Q66780981.
- Charles G. Mull; David W. Houseknecht; Kenneth J. Bird (2003). "Revised Cretaceous and Tertiary stratigraphic nomenclature in the Colville Basin, Northern Alaska" (PDF). Geological Survey Professional Paper. 1673: 27. doi:10.3133/PP1673. ISSN 0096-0446. Wikidata Q57842432.
- George Gryc; W.W. Patton, Jr.; T.G. Payne (May 1951). "Present Cretaceous stratigraphic nomenclature of northern Alaska". Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences. 41 (5): 164. ISSN 0043-0439. JSTOR 24531235. Wikidata Q66783461.
- Various Contributors to the Paleobiology Database. "Fossilworks: Gateway to the Paleobiology Database". Retrieved 17 December 2021.
- George Gryc; W.W. Patton, Jr.; T.G. Payne (May 1951). "Present Cretaceous stratigraphic nomenclature of northern Alaska". Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences. 41 (5): 166. ISSN 0043-0439. JSTOR 24531235. Wikidata Q66783461.
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