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Yakataga Formation

Geologic formation in Alaska, United States From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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

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Cape Yakataga with Yakataga Formation

See also

References

  • Various Contributors to the Paleobiology Database. "Fossilworks: Gateway to the Paleobiology Database". Archived from the original on 25 March 2022. Retrieved 17 December 2021.

Further reading

  • 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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