Kotcho Formation | |
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Stratigraphic range: | |
Type | Geological formation |
Underlies | Exshaw Formation |
Overlies | Tetcho Formation |
Thickness | up to 210.9 metres (690 ft) [1] |
Lithology | |
Primary | Shale |
Other | Limestone |
Location | |
Coordinates | 60°09′18″N121°18′16″W / 60.15500°N 121.30444°W |
Region | British Columbia Northwest Territories |
Country | Canada |
Type section | |
Named for | Kotcho Lake |
Named by | H.R. Belyea, D.J. McLaren, 1962 |
The Kotcho Formation is a stratigraphical unit of middle Famennian age in the Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin.
It takes the name from Kotcho Lake and was first described in the Imperial Island River No. 1 by H.R. Belyea and D.J. McLaren in 1962. [2]
The Kotcho Formation is composed of green-grey shale, locally bituminous, with thin argillaceous limestone beds or lenses. [1]
The Kotcho Formation reaches a maximum thickness of 210.9 metres (690 ft). [1] It is up to 30 metres (100 ft) thick in the Fort Nelson area, and thins down southwards, disappearing completely on the northern flank of the Peace River Arch.
The Kotcho Formation is overlain by the Exshaw Formation and conformably overlays the Tetcho Formation. [1]
To the east, it grades into the upper Wabamun Group carbonate, and to the south-west into the Palliser Formation. To the east it is replaced by the Besa River Formation shale.
The Fernie Formation is a stratigraphic unit of Jurassic age. It is present in the western part of the Western Canada Sedimentary Basin in western Alberta and northeastern British Columbia. It takes its name from the town of Fernie, British Columbia, and was first defined by W.W. Leach in 1914.
The Spirit River Formation is a stratigraphical unit of middle Albian age in the Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin.
The Smoky Group is a stratigraphical unit of Late Cretaceous age in the Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin.
The Redknife Formation is a stratigraphical unit of Devonian age in the Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin.
Colorado is a geologic name applied to certain rocks of Cretaceous age in the North America, particularly in the western Great Plains. This name was originally applied to classify a group of specific marine formations of shale and chalk known for their importance in Eastern Colorado. The surface outcrop of this group produces distinctive landforms bordering the Great Plains and it is a significant feature of the subsurface of the Denver Basin and the Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin. These formations record important sequences of the Western Interior Seaway, and as the geology of this seaway was studied, this name came to be used in states beyond Colorado, but was later replaced in several of these states with more localized names.
The Wabamun Formation is a stratigraphic unit of Late Devonian (Famennian) age in the Western Canada Sedimentary Basin. It takes the name from Wabamun Lake and was first described in the Anglo Canadian Wabamun Lake No. 1 well by Imperial Oil in 1950.
The Exshaw Formation is a stratigraphic unit in the Western Canada Sedimentary Basin. It takes the name from the hamlet of Exshaw, Alberta in the Canadian Rockies, and was first described from outcrops on the banks of Jura Creek north of Exshaw by P.S. Warren in 1937. The formation is of Late Devonian to Early Mississippian age as determined by conodont biostratigraphy, and it straddles the Devonian-Carboniferous boundary.
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The Grosmont Formation is a stratigraphical unit of Frasnian age in the Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin.
The Elk Formation is a stratigraphic unit of the Western Canada Sedimentary Basin that is present in southeastern British Columbia and southwestern Alberta. It is probably of Early Cretaceous age, but in some areas its strata could be as old as Late Jurassic. It includes minor thin coal beds and was named for outcrops near the now-abandoned Elk River coal mine east of Fernie, British Columbia.
The Alexo Formation a stratigraphic unit of Late Devonian age. It is present on the western edge of the Western Canada Sedimentary Basin in the central Rocky Mountains and foothills of Alberta. The formation consists primarily of dolomite. It is locally fossiliferous and includes remains of marine animals such as brachiopods and conodonts.
The Mount Hawk Formation is a stratigraphic unit of Late Devonian age. It is present on the western edge of the Western Canada Sedimentary Basin in the Rocky Mountains and foothills of Alberta. It consists primarily of limestone and mudstone, and was named for Hawk Mountain in Jasper National Park by R. de Wit and D.J. McLaren in 1950.
Toad Formation, Grayling Formation, and Toad-Grayling Formation are obsolete names for the strata of the Early to Middle Triassic Doig and Montney Formations. They were applied in the foothills and Rocky Mountains of northeastern British Columbia, on the western edge of the Western Canada Sedimentary Basin. Although the names are considered obsolete, their usage persists.
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