Rabbitkettle Formation

Rabbitkettle Formation
Rabbitkettle Formation
Stratigraphic range: Late Cambrian – Tremadocian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Type	Formation
Underlies	Road River Formation ; Whiterock Formation ; Sunblood Formation ; Broken Skull Formation (also laterally equivalent);
Overlies	Sekwi Formation (unconformably)
Thickness	750 m
Location
Region	Yukon
Country	Canada

Last updated September 22, 2025

The Rabbitkettle Formation is a geologic formation in the Yukon, comprising thin bedded silty and occasionally siliciclastic limestones deposited in deep (below storm wave base) waters.^[2]^[1] It preserves fossils dating back to the Ordovician period.

According to ^[1] it:

Starts in the Late Cambrian; ends in late Tremadoc
reaches 750m in thickness
transitional slope facies
Alternation of black calcareous mudstones and grey, burrowed wackestones

References

1 2 3 "Early Ordavieian eustatic events in Canada" (PDF). paleoarchive.com. Retrieved 21 May 2023.
1 2 Pratt, Brian R. (October 1988). "An Ibexian (Early Ordovician) trilobite faunule from the type section of the Rabbitkettle Formation (southern Mackenzie Mountains, Northwest Territories)". Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences. 25 (10): 1595–1607. doi:10.1139/e88-152.

Various Contributors to the Paleobiology Database. "Fossilworks: Gateway to the Paleobiology Database". Archived from the original on 19 August 2022. Retrieved 17 December 2021.

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[Bruton1984-1] 1 2 3 "Early Ordavieian eustatic events in Canada" (PDF). paleoarchive.com. Retrieved 21 May 2023.

[Pratt1988-2] 1 2 Pratt, Brian R. (October 1988). "An Ibexian (Early Ordovician) trilobite faunule from the type section of the Rabbitkettle Formation (southern Mackenzie Mountains, Northwest Territories)". Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences. 25 (10): 1595–1607. doi:10.1139/e88-152.

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Rabbitkettle Formation

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