Rockslide Formation

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Rockslide Formation

Stratigraphic range: Drumian
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Type Formation
Location
Region Northwest Territories
Country Canada

The Rockslide Formation is a geologic formation in Northwest Territories. It preserves fossils dating back to the Drumian (Plagiura-Pogiella to Bolaspidella Zone). [1]

It was deposited in deep water on a reasonably distal slope; it contains carbonates, debris flows and siliciclastic siltstones, the latter being the fossil bearing horizons. [1] It also contains deep-water microbial reefs. [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 Julien Kimmig & Brian R. Pratt (2015). "Soft-bodied biota from the middle Cambrian (Drumian) Rockslide Formation,Mackenzie Mountains, northwestern Canada". Journal of Paleontology . 89 (1): 51–71. doi:10.1017/jpa.2014.5. S2CID   130268424.
  2. ↑ Pratt, Brian R. (1988). "Deep-Water Girvanella-Epiphyton Reef On A Mid-Cambrian Continental Slope, Rockslide Formation, Mackenzie Mountains, Northwest Territories": 161–164.{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)


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