Little Iskut Formation
Geologic formation in British Columbia / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Little Iskut Formation is a stratigraphic unit of Miocene age in northwestern British Columbia, Canada.
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Little Iskut Formation | |
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Stratigraphic range: 7.2 Ma | |
Type | Geological formation[1] |
Unit of | Mount Edziza volcanic complex[2] |
Sub-units | Upper Little Iskut[1] Lower Little Iskut[1] |
Underlies | Armadillo Formation[1] Nido Formation[1] |
Overlies | Raspberry Formation[1] |
Lithology | |
Primary | Trachybasalt[1] |
Location | |
Coordinates | 57.5°N 130.6°W / 57.5; -130.6[2] |
Region | British Columbia[1] |
Country | Canada[1] |
Type section | |
Named for | Little Iskut River[1] |
Named by | Souther et al., 1984[3] |
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