Sample Detail of
Sample: Sample No. 80ACrII-06y -- USGS No. Mf 6191
Locality: Field No. 80ACrII-06y
Description: This sample was collected from a coastal bluff 21 ft. high along the Beaufort Sea Coast at Cape Simpson. Taken from a clay diapir about 10 feet above the base of a cliff exposure of the Gubik Formation.
Location: Alaska Quadrangle: Barrow
Lat.: 71o ' " Long.: 155o ' "
Reference
Title: Report on Referred Fossils ,  1981 (11/02)
Project: Western Arctic Coastal Plain Quarternary

The following data was omitted from the E & R dated 09-24-81.
Report by: Kristin McDougall
Referred by: L. David Carter
Age: Pleistocene
Formation: Gubik Formation
Comment:Foram Number 4320
This assemblage does not fit the faunal pattern commonly associated with the late Pleistocene of the North Slope. The abundance of Elphidium asklundi suggests an age of late Sangamon – early Wisconsin. The abundance of E. excavatum alba suggests a Holocene age. The stratigraphic position and foraminiferal number suggests a middle Sangamon age. Thus I think this fauna represents a mix and should not be used for age interpretations.
Occurrence(s)
No. Group Name Qty Notes
1 Forams Elphidium asklundi Brotzen
2 Forams Elphidium clavatum Cushman
3 Forams Elphidium excavatum alba Feyling-Hanssen
4 Forams Elphidium incertum (Williamson)
5 Forams Elphidium spp.
6 Forams Polymorphinids