DGGS MP 179

Compilation of Chickaloon Formation paleontological studies from the Wishbone Hill fossil recovery project in Southcentral Alaska

• Authors:

  Pasch, A.D., Montayne, Simone, and Knudson, A.H.

• Publication Date:

  Aug 2026

• Publisher:

  Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys 

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• Quadrangle(s):

  Anchorage

• Citation ID:

  32125

Bibliographic Reference

Pasch, A.D., Montayne, Simone, and Knudson, A.H., 2026, Compilation of Chickaloon Formation paleontological studies from the Wishbone Hill fossil recovery project in Southcentral Alaska: Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys Miscellaneous Publication 179, 3 p. https://doi.org/10.14509/32125

Publication Products

• Report Information

  • mp179.pdf (1.36 M)

• Chapter information:

  • MP 179A
    Pasch, A.D., 2026, Wishbone Hill fossil recovery project, 54 p.
  • MP 179B
    Pasch, A.D., 2026, Chickaloon Formation flora obtained during the reclamation of the Wishbone Hill coal mine, Wishbone Hill fossil recovery project, 54 p.
  • MP 179C
    Pasch, A.D., and Barker, Marilyn, 2026, Plant flora (genera) in the Premier coal group of the Chickaloon Formation, Southcentral Alaska, 26 p.
  • MP 179D
    Collins, H.S., 2026, Mapping an early Eocene fossil forest of the Chickaloon Formation in Southcentral Alaska, 59 p.
  • MP 179E
    Pasch, A.D., and May, K.C., 2026, Assessment of fossil vertebrate tracks and associated plant remains on Wishbone Hill, 55 p.

Keywords

Alluvial; Amber; Anthracite; Archaeology; Archive; Basins; Bedrock; Bentonite; Biostratigraphy; Bivalves; Bluff; Cenozoic; Channel; Chickaloon Formation; Claystone; Coal; Conglomerate; Correlation; Depositional Environment; Dewatering; Diagenesis; Dinosaur; Ecology; Environment; Environmental; Eocene; Erosion; Evan Jones Mine; Floodplain; Fluvial; Formations; Fossils; Gastropods; Geologic; Geology; Jonesville; Matanuska Valley; Megafossils; Microfossils; Mollusks; Mudstone; Outcrop; Paleobotany; Paleocene; Paleoclimate; Paleocurrent; Paleoecology; Paleontology; Palynology; Peat; Pelecypods; Plants; Reclamation; Rocks; Sandstone; Sediment; Sedimentary; Seventeenmile Lake; Shale; Siderite; Siltstone; Slipper Lake; Stratigraphy; Surface; Tertiary; Vegetation; Willow Creek Mining District; Wishbone Formation; Wishbone Hill

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