Yakataga Formation

Yakataga Formation
Yakataga Formation
Stratigraphic range: Neogene
	Yakataga Formation on Middleton Island, Gulf of Alaska
Type	Formation
Location
Region	Alaska
Country	United States

Last updated June 29, 2025

The Yakataga Formation is a geologic formation in Alaska. It preserves fossils dating back to the Neogene period.

References

Various Contributors to the Paleobiology Database. "Fossilworks: Gateway to the Paleobiology Database" . Retrieved 17 December 2021.

George Plafker and W.O. Addicott, Glaciomarine deposits of Miocene through Holocene age in the Yakataga Formation along the Gulf of Alaska margin, Alaska. (USGS Publications, 1976)
Noel P. James, Carolyn H. Eyles, Nicholas Eyles, Eric E. Hiatt and T. Kurtis Kyser, Carbonates within a Pleistocene glaciomarine succession, Yakataga Formation, Middleton Island, Alaska. Sedimentology (2009) 56, 367–397. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-3091.2008.00973.x

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Yakataga Formation

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