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List Of Fossiliferous Stratigraphic Units In British Columbia
This is a list of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in British Columbia, Canada. References * {{Lists of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Canada British Columbia British Columbia (commonly abbreviated as BC) is the westernmost province of Canada, situated between the Pacific Ocean and the Rocky Mountains. It has a diverse geography, with rugged landscapes that include rocky coastlines, sandy beaches, ... Geology of British Columbia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Advance Formation
The Advance Formation is a Formation (geology), geologic formation in British Columbia. It preserves fossils dating back to the Ordovician Period (geology), period. See also * List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in British Columbia References * Ordovician British Columbia Ordovician northern paleotropical deposits Geologic formations of British Columbia {{British Columbia-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beaverfoot Formation
The Beaverfoot Formation is a stratigraphic unit of Late Ordovician ( Ashgill age) to Early Silurian ( Llandovery) age. It is present on the western edge of the Western Canada Sedimentary Basin in the Rocky Mountains of British Columbia and Alberta, and the Purcell Mountains of British Columbia. It consists of carbonate rocks, and was named for the Beaverfoot Range at Pedley Pass southeast of Golden, British Columbia by L.D. Burling in 1922. The formation is fossiliferous and is known for its brachiopod faunas. It also contains rugose corals and conodonts.Jin, J., Caldwell, W.G.E. and Norford, B.S. 1989. Rhynchonellid brachiopods from the Upper Ordovician Lower Silurian Beaverfoot and Nonda formations of the Rocky Mountains of British Columbia. Geological Survey of Canada, Bulletin 396, p. 21-59. Thickness and lithology The Beaverfoot Formation is about 500 m (1640 ft) thick at its type section in Pedley Pass. It was deposited in shallow tropical waters on the western ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gething Formation
Gething Formation is a stratigraphic unit of Lower Cretaceous (Aptian) age in the Western Canada Sedimentary Basin. It is present in northeastern British Columbia and western Alberta, and includes economically important coal deposits. The formation is named for Gething Creek, a right tributary of the Peace River west of Hudson's Hope, and the nearby Gething Mountain. It was first described by F.H. McLearn in 1923McLearn, F.H., 1923. Peace River Canyon Coal Area, British Columbia; Geological Survey of Canada, Summary Report 1922, Part B, pp. 1-46. in the Peace River Canyon, an area that was partly inundated in 1968 by the Williston Lake after the construction of the W. A. C. Bennett Dam. Lithology The formation consists of alternating units of sandstone and carbonaceous shale or mudstone with some coal seams and conglomerate beds. The sandstones are fine- to coarse-grained, brown weathering, and typically platy to thin bedded, although some are massive. Mudstones are ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bullhead Group
Bullhead Group is a stratigraphic unit of Lower Cretaceous age in the Western Canada Sedimentary Basin of northeastern British Columbia and western Alberta. It was first defined by F.H. McLearn in 1918 as the Bullhead Mountain Formation, but later was upgraded to group status. It consists of the Cadomin and Gething Formations, although some early workers included the Bluesky Formation and others in the group.Stott, D.F. 1965. Lower Cretaceous Bullhead and Fort St John Groups, between Smoky and Peace Rivers, Rocky Mountain foothills, Alberta and British Columbia. Geological Survey of Canada, Bulletin 152, 279 p. . Lithology Bullhead Group includes the conglomerate and quartzose sandstones of the Cadomin Formation at the base, and grades to sandstone, siltstone, mudstone, shale and coal seams of the overlying Gething Formation. Those sediments were deposited in alluvial fan, braided river, deltaic and coastal plain environments. Distribution The Bullhead Group is present in the foot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Buckinghorse Formation
The Fort St. John Group is a stratigraphic unit of Lower Cretaceous age in the Western Canada Sedimentary Basin. It takes the name from the city of Fort St. John, British Columbia and was first defined by George Mercer Dawson in 1881. Lithology The Fort St. John Group is mostly composed of dark shale deposited in a marine environment. Bentonite is present in the shale, and it is interbedded with sandstone, siltstone and conglomerates. Distribution The Fort St. John Group occurs in the subsurface in the Peace River Country of northeastern British Columbia and north-western Alberta, in southern Yukon and southern Northwest Territories. It has a thickness of to . Relationship to other units The Fort St. John Group is conformably overlain by the Dunvegan Formation and conformably underlain by the Bullhead Group or may rest disconformably on older units. Subdivisions The Fort St. John Group is subdivided into the following formations: Canadian Rockies foothills of Bri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cretaceous
The Cretaceous ( ) is a geological period that lasted from about 145 to 66 million years ago (Mya). It is the third and final period of the Mesozoic Era, as well as the longest. At around 79 million years, it is the longest geological period of the entire Phanerozoic. The name is derived from the Latin ''creta'', "chalk", which is abundant in the latter half of the period. It is usually abbreviated K, for its German translation ''Kreide''. The Cretaceous was a period with a relatively warm climate, resulting in high eustatic sea levels that created numerous shallow inland seas. These oceans and seas were populated with now- extinct marine reptiles, ammonites, and rudists, while dinosaurs continued to dominate on land. The world was ice free, and forests extended to the poles. During this time, new groups of mammals and birds appeared. During the Early Cretaceous, flowering plants appeared and began to rapidly diversify, becoming the dominant group of plants across the Earth b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brokenback Hill Formation
The Brokenback Hill Formation is a geologic formation in British Columbia. It preserves fossils A fossil (from Classical Latin , ) is any preserved remains, impression, or trace of any once-living thing from a past geological age. Examples include bones, shells, exoskeletons, stone imprints of animals or microbes, objects preserved in ... dating back to the Cretaceous period. See also * List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in British Columbia References * Cretaceous British Columbia Geologic formations of British Columbia {{British Columbia-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bowser Lake Formation
The Bowser Lake Formation is a geologic formation in British Columbia. It preserves fossils A fossil (from Classical Latin , ) is any preserved remains, impression, or trace of any once-living thing from a past geological age. Examples include bones, shells, exoskeletons, stone imprints of animals or microbes, objects preserved in ... dating back to the Jurassic period. See also * List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in British Columbia References * Jurassic British Columbia Geologic formations of British Columbia {{British Columbia-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boulder Creek Formation
The Boulder Creek Formation is a geologic formation in northeastern British Columbia. It was named for a tributary to Commotion Creek in the Pine Pass area by E.M. Spieker in 1921. At one time considered to be a member of the Commotion Formation, it was elevated to formation status by D.F. Stott in 1982.Stott, D.F. 1982. Lower Cretaceous Fort St. John Group and Upper Cretaceous Dunvegan Formation in the foothills and plains of Alberta, British Columbia, District of Mackenzie and Yukon Territory. Geological Survey of Canada, Bulletin 328, 124 p. The formation was deposited in shallow marine to shoreline environments during the Albian stage of the Early Cretaceous period. It preserves ammonites, plant remains, and other fossils.Glass, D.J. (editor) 1997. Lexicon of Canadian Stratigraphy, vol. 4, Western Canada including eastern British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan and southern Manitoba. Canadian Society of Petroleum Geologists, Calgary, 1423 p. on CD-ROM. . Lithology and En ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bonanza Formation
The Bonanza Formation is a geologic formation in British Columbia. It preserves fossils A fossil (from Classical Latin , ) is any preserved remains, impression, or trace of any once-living thing from a past geological age. Examples include bones, shells, exoskeletons, stone imprints of animals or microbes, objects preserved in ... dating back to the Jurassic period. See also * List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in British Columbia References * Jurassic British Columbia Geologic formations of British Columbia {{British Columbia-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pardonet Formation
The Schooler Creek Group is a Stratigraphy, stratigraphic unit of Middle Triassic, Middle to Late Triassic (Ladinian to Norian) Geochronology, age in the Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin. It is present in northeastern British Columbia. It was named for Schooler Creek, a left tributary of Williston Lake, and was first described in two oil wells (Pacific Fort St. John No. 16 and Southern Production No. B-14-1) northwest of Fort St. John, British Columbia, Fort St. John, by F.H. McLearn in 1921.McLearn, F.H., 1921. Mesozoic of upper Peace River, British Columbia Geological Survey of Canada, Summary Report 1920, Part B, p. 1-6. Exposures along Williston Lake serve as a type locality (geology), type locality in outcrop. Lithology The Schooler Creek Group is composed of limestone and Dolomite (rock), dolomite, with subordinate siltstone, shale, sandstone, and evaporite minerals such as gypsum and anhydrite. Distribution The Schooler Creek Group outcrops in the foothills of the northern ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bocock Group
The Bocock Group is a geologic group in British Columbia. It preserves fossils A fossil (from Classical Latin , ) is any preserved remains, impression, or trace of any once-living thing from a past geological age. Examples include bones, shells, exoskeletons, stone imprints of animals or microbes, objects preserved in ... dating back to the Triassic period. See also * List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in British Columbia References * Triassic British Columbia Geologic groups of British Columbia {{British Columbia-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
