The Nikanassin Formation is a stratigraphic unit of Late Jurassic (Portlandian) to Early Cretaceous (Barremian) age. It is present along the western edge...
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Range, a mountain range in the Canadian Rockies in Alberta, Canada Nikanassin Formation, a geological unit of the Western Canadian Sedimantery Basin of Jurassic...
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British Columbia. The Fernie Formation is conformably overlain by the Morrissey Formation in the south, by the Nikanassin Formation in central Alberta and by...
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Cadomin, Mountain Park and Luscar. The range gives the name to the Nikanassin Formation, a stratigraphical unit of late Jurassic age that has its stratotype...
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apparent at most outcrops. It rests unconformably on the Fernie Formation, the Nikanassin Formation, the Minnes Group or the Kootenay Group, depending on the...
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Minnes Group (redirect from Minnes Formation)
unconformably overlies it. The Minnes strata grade into those of the Nikanassin Formation to the south in Alberta. The Minnes Group contains natural gas reservoirs...
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Cadomin Formation and to the east it was truncated by pre-Cadomin erosion. To the north Elk strata may correlate with part of the Nikanassin Formation. Correlation...
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into the Nikanassin Formation. Correlation south of the Canada–United States border is uncertain. Plant fossils from the Mist Mountain Formation include...
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conformably overlain by the Beattie Peaks Formation. To the south it grades into the Nikanassin Formation. Mathews, W.H. 1947. Geology and coal resources...
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either the Nikanassin Formation or the Minnes Group, and is disconformably overlain by either the Shaftesbury Formation or Blackstone Formation, depending...
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Mountain Formation. To the north in the vicinity of the North Saskatchewan River it interfingers with and grades into the Nikanassin Formation. To the...
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Elk Point Group (redirect from Dawson Bay Formation)
been subdivided into numerous formations, number of which host major petroleum and natural gas reservoirs. The formations of the Elk Point Group are composed...
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pre-Bullhead erosion. It rests unconformably on the Fernie Formation, the Nikanassin Formation, the Minnes Group or the Kootenay Group, depending on the...
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Fort St. John Group (redirect from Cruiser Formation)
the following formations: *Buckinghorse Formation is equivalent to the sum of Lepine Formation, Scatter Formation and Garbutt Formation. It occurs north-east...
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deltas lay down the Kootenay Formation and Ferni basin in the Banff area, with offshore sands forming the Nikanassin Formation in Jasper further north. Until...
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Beaverhill Lake Group (redirect from Fort Vermilion Formation)
Slave Point Formation and Waterways Formation in northeastern Alberta, with the Slave Point Formation and the lower Hay River Formation in the District...
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Schooler Creek Group (redirect from Bocock Formation)
extends throughout the plains of the Peace River Country. The Pardonet Formation has its type locality at Pardonet Hill, on the south shore of the Williston...
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The Duvernay Formation is a stratigraphical unit of Frasnian age in the Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin. It was first described in well Anglo Canadian...
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The Montney Formation is a stratigraphical unit of Lower Triassic age in the Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin in British Columbia and Alberta. It takes...
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17 December 2021. Alberta Geological Survey, 2015. "Alberta Table of Formations; Alberta Energy Regulator". Retrieved 26 June 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint:...
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Winterburn Group (redirect from Winterburn Formation)
and siltstone. Pinnacle reefs develop in the Nisku Formation. Oil is produced from the Nisku Formation in the Pembina oil field. The Winterburn Group reaches...
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The Kaskapau Formation is a geological formation in North America whose strata date back to the Late Cretaceous. The name derives from kaskapahtew (ᑲᐢᑲᐸᐦᑌᐤ)...
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The Peace River Formation is a stratigraphical unit of middle Albian age in the Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin. It takes the name from the Peace River...
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Kootenay Group (redirect from Kootenay Formation)
Kootenay Group grades into the Nikanassin Formation. To the south it may correlate with the upper part of the Morrison Formation in Montana. It was originally...
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The Spirit River Formation is a stratigraphical unit of middle Albian age in the Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin. It takes the name from the Spirit...
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The Redknife Formation is a stratigraphical unit of Devonian age in the Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin. It takes the name from Redknife River, a tributary...
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The Banff Formation is a stratigraphical unit of Devonian age in the Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin. It takes the name from the town of Banff, Alberta...
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The Bluesky Formation is a stratigraphic unit of Lower Cretaceous age in the Western Canada Sedimentary Basin. It takes the name from the hamlet of Bluesky...
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Rundle Group (redirect from Mount Head Formation)
Mount Head Formation and Livingstone Formation in the Rocky Mountains; by the Turner Valley Formation, Shunda Formation and Pekisko Formation in the foothills...
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The Slave Point Formation is a stratigraphical unit of Middle Devonian age in the Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin. It takes the name from Slave Point...
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