DGGS MP 179D

Mapping an early Eocene fossil forest of the Chickaloon Formation in Southcentral Alaska

• Authors:

  Collins, H.S.

• Publication Date:

  Aug 2026

• Publisher:

  Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys 

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• Quadrangle(s):

  Anchorage

• Citation ID:

  32129

Bibliographic Reference

Collins, H.S., 2026, Mapping an early Eocene fossil forest of the Chickaloon Formation in Southcentral Alaska, in Pasch, A.D., Montayne, Simone, and Knudson, A.H., Compilation of Chickaloon Formation paleontological studies from the Wishbone Hill fossil recovery project in Southcentral Alaska: Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys Miscellaneous Publication 179D, 59 p. https://doi.org/10.14509/32129

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Keywords

Alluvial; Amber; Anthracite; Archaeology; Archive; Basins; Bedrock; Bentonite; Biostratigraphy; Bivalves; Bluff; Cenozoic; Channel; Chickaloon Formation; Claystone; Coal; Conglomerate; Correlation; Depositional Environment; Dewatering; DGGS; 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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