Schrader Bluff Formation

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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 forSchrader Bluff on the Anaktuvuk River [3]
Named byGeorge Gryc, et al [3]

The Schrader Bluff Formation is a geologic formation in Alaska. It preserves fossils dating back to the Cretaceous period, [4]

Fossil remains include Inoceramus and Scaphites . [5]

Originally named by George Gryc and others as the marine formation of the Colville Group (abandoned). [3]

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References

  1. ↑ 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.
  2. 1 2 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.
  3. 1 2 3 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.
  4. ↑ Various Contributors to the Paleobiology Database. "Fossilworks: Gateway to the Paleobiology Database". Archived from the original on 25 March 2022. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
  5. ↑ 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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