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Ketavik Formation
Stratigraphic range: Paleogene
TypeFormation
Location
RegionAlaska
CountryUnited States

The Ketavik Formation is a lithostratigraphic formation of Palaeogene age in southwestern Alaska. It is known for preserving fossilised dicots, coniferous leaves, and wood.

References

  1. Parrish, Judith Totman; Fiorillo, Anthony R.; Jacobs, Bonnie F.; Currano, Ellen D.; Wheeler, Elisabeth A. (15 September 2010). "The Ketavik Formation: A new stratigraphic unit and its implications for the Paleogene paleogeography and paleoclimate of southwestern Alaska". Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology. 295 (3–4): 348–362. Bibcode:2010PPP...295..348P. doi:10.1016/j.palaeo.2009.09.008. Retrieved 1 November 2024 – via Elsevier Science Direct.


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