Fort Northern Central Southern Southern West- East- Northwest Northeast McMurray Grande ERATHEM / ERA Mountains Mountains Mountains Plains Central Central Plains Prairie Plains

and Edmonton and Edmonton and Edmonton Edmonton Plains Edson Edmonton Plains Edmonton Edmonton Edmonton SYSTEM / PERIOD Foothills Jasper Foothills Foothills

OF YEARS Banff SERIES / EPOCH Calgary

AGE IN MILLIONS Blairmore Medicine STAGE / AGE Hat GC MC GC MC GC MC Laurentide Laurentide B Laurentide B B Laurentide Cordilleran Laurentide Cordilleran Laurentide Laurentide Cordilleran Cordilleran Laurentide BL BL QUATERNARY PLEISTOCENE Cordilleran EMPRESS EMPRESS EMPRESS EMPRESS EMPRESS

PLIOCENE 2.6 5.3 DEL BONITA ARROWWOOD HAND HILLS WHITECOURT MOUNTAIN HALVERSON RIDGE PELICAN MOUNTAIN 7 NEOGENE MIOCENE 23

OLIGOCENE CYPRESS HILLS OBED MOUNTAIN SWAN HILLS

34 EOCENE

CENOZOIC 56 DALEHURST

PALEOGENE PASKAPOO PASKAPOO PASKAPOO LACOMBE PALEOCENE HAYNES PORCUPINE HILLS PORCUPINE HILLS UPPER UPPER COALSPUR COALSPUR UPPER RAVENSCRAG UPPER 66 LOWER WILLOW CREEK WILLOW CK SCOLLARD SCOLLARD ENTRANCE CONGLOMERATE LOWER LOWER FRENCHMAN LOWER BATTLE BATTLE BATTLE WHITEMUD WHITEMUD MAASTRICHTIAN CARBON ST. MARY RIVER ST. MARY RIVER HORSESHOE TOLMAN MORRIN UPPER UPPER EASTEND CANYON HORSESHOE HORSETHIEF CANYON 72 DRUMHELLER BLOOD RESERVE BLOOD RESERVE EDMONTON UPPER SAUNDERS SAUNDERS WAPITI / BRAZEAU STRATHMORE BRAZEAU BRAZEAU BEARPAW BEARPAW BEARPAW BEARPAW BEARPAW EDMONTON WAPITI DRYWOOD CREEK DINOSAUR DINOSAUR PARK PARK DINOSAUR PARK DINOSAUR PARK LOWER LOWER LUNDBRECK OLDMAN OLDMAN OLDMAN OLDMAN LOWER CAMPANIAN

BELLY RIVER CONNELLY CREEK BELLY RIVER FOREMOST FOREMOST BELLY RIVER LOWER BELLY RIVER BELLY RIVER LOWER BELLY RIVER NOMAD NOMAD PAKOWKI PAKOWKI PK LEA CHUNGO CHUNGO PARK LEA PARK LEA PARK CHUNGO LEA PARK 84 HANSON HANSON MILK RIVER MILK RIVER ALDERSON

UPPER THISTLE THISTLE THISTLE 1WS PUSKWASKAU 1WS FIRST WHITE SPECKS SANTONIAN FIRST WHITE SPECKS FIRST WHITE SPECKS

PUSKWASKAU DOWLING WAPIABI DOWLING DOWLING MEDICINE HAT MEDICINE HAT 86 WAPIABI WAPIABI MARSHYBANK MARSHYBANK MARSHYBANK WAPIABI BAD HEART CONIACIAN MUSKIKI MUSKIKI MUSKIKI VERGER VERGER MUSKIKI NIOBRARA NIOBRARA NIOBRARA SMOKY 90 CARDIUM CARDIUM CARDIUM CARDIUM CARDIUM SMOKY CARDIUM OPABIN OPABIN BLACKSTONE CARLILE BLACKSTONE CARLILE CARLILE TURONIAN ALBERTA HAVEN HAVEN KASKAPAU KASKAPAU VIMY VIMY JUMPING POUND SST JUMPING POUND SST SECOND WHITE SPECKS KASKAPAU SECOND WHITE SPECKS SECOND WHITE SPECKS 2WS SECOND WHITE SPECKS 94 POUCE COUPE DOE CREEK CENOMANIAN DUNVEGAN SUNKAY SUNKAY BELLE FOURCHE DUNVEGAN BELLE FOURCHE BELLE FOURCHE DUNVEGAN BELLE FOURCHE Alberta COLORADO COLORADO BLACKSTONE

BLACKSTONE SHAFTESBURY BARONS SAND BARONS SAND FISH SCALES SHAFTESBURY FISH SCALES FISH SCALES FISH SCALES 101 SHAFTESBURY FISH SCALES WESTGATE WESTGATE WESTGATE WESTGATE WESTGATE BRUIN BOW ISLAND / VIKING VIKING VIKING VIKING (PELICAN) CROWSNEST JOLI FOU JOLI FOU JOLI FOU PADDY JOLI FOU BOULDER CREEK CREEK MILL CREEK BASAL COLORADO SAND PEACE PEACE RIVER RIVER UPPER CRETACEOUS LYNX CK CADOTTE Table of ALBIAN HULCROSS COLONY HARMON MOUNTAIN PARK MOUNTAIN PARK MCLAREN NOTIKEWIN NOTIKEWIN UNNAMED UNNAMED WASECA GRAND RAPIDS

GATES GATES LOON RIVER BEAVER UPPER A UPPER UPPER SPARKY A FORT ST. JOHN FORT ST. GRANDE CACHE GRANDE CACHE SPIRIT SPIRIT MINES BEAVER MINES MANNVILLE FALHER to MANNVILLE MANNVILLE JOHN FORT ST. FALHER to LOWER RIVER GENERAL PETROLEUM RIVER CLEARWATER TORRENS UPPER F F TORRENS REX HOME SAND MANNVILLE GLAUCONITIC SANDSTONE WILRICH GLAUCONITIC SANDSTONE LLOYDMINSTER WILRICH MOOSEBAR MOOSEBAR CALCAREOUS LUSCAR BLUESKY BLUESKY WABISKAW CALCAREOUS OSTRACOD BEDS OSTRACOD BEDS CUMMINGS Formations 113 LOWER GLADSTONE BANTRY SHALE LOWER BLAIRMORE MANNVILLE GETHING GETHING GLADSTONE GETHING C MANNVILLE DINA MANNVILLE M MURRAY LOWER GLADSTONE LOWER SUNBURST SANDSTONE ELLERSLIE APTIAN MANNVILLE DALHOUSIE MANNVILLE CUT BANK SANDSTONE

M ESOZOIC CADOMIN CADOMIN CADOMIN CADOMIN BULLHEAD 125 BULLHEAD ? DETRITAL BEDS DETRITAL BEDS BARREMIAN CADOMIN ? HAUTERIVIAN ? 133 A ?POCATERRA CREEK VALANGINIAN B ? 140 MONTEITH ELK NIKANASSIN / MONTEITH / May 2019 C BERRIASIAN NIKANASSIN NIKANASSIN MONTEITH NIKANASSIN 145 MINNES MIST MOUNTAIN

KOOT- ENAY ? MORRISSEY J3 TITHONIAN ? PASSAGE BEDS PASSAGE BEDS PASSAGE BEDS UPPER FERNIE UPPER FERNIE SHALE 152 SHALE AND SANDSTONE KIMMERIDGIAN UPPER FERNIE SHALE 157 UPPER FERNIE SHALE UPPER FERNIE SHALE SWIFT SWIFT NITON NITON? UPPER OXFORDIAN GREEN BEDS GREEN BEDS GREEN BEDS 164 CALLOVIAN PIGEON CK ? BATHONIAN 166 HIGHWOOD GREY BEDS RIERDON J2 ROCK CK ELLIS MIDDLE BAJOCIAN 168 FERNIE FERNIE FERNIE FERNIE ? FERNIE LITHOLOGY ROCK CREEK HIGHWOOD SAWTOOTH SHAUNAVON ROCK CK AALENIAN 170 ROCK CK GRAVELBOURG 174 POKER CHIP SHALE POKER CHIP SHALE POKER CHIP SHALE POKER CHIP SHALE POKER CHIP SHALE a b TOARCIAN ? Till of distinct origin: (a) Cordilleran, (b) Laurentide 183 ? J1 PLIENSBACHIAN GORDONDALE RED DEER NORDEGG RED DEER NORDEGG NORDEGG GORDONDALE

JURASSIC LOWER FERNIE SHALE 191 GORDONDALE Nonstratified interglacial sediments LOWER SINEMURIAN BASAL SANDSTONE (clay, silt, sand) BASAL SANDSTONE 199 ? ? HETTANGIAN 201 RHAETIAN Gravel and sand NORIAN 227 WINNIFRED WINNIFRED UPPER BREWSTER LIMESTONE BALDONNEL SIPHON CARNIAN WHITEHORSE WHITEHORSE STARLIGHT CHARLIE CHARLIE NANCY Conglomerate and sandstone STARLIGHT EVAPORITE STARLIGHT EVAPORITE WHITEHORSE BOUNDARY EVAPORITE LAKE LAKE BRAEBURN 237 VALHALLA

CREEK Sandstone, siltstone, and quartzite, commonly LADINIAN LLAMA LLAMA LLAMA CREEK

HALFWAY SCHOOLER HALFWAY

MIDDLE 242 SULPHUR SULPHUR SULPHUR SCHOOLER interbedded with shale or mudstone ANISIAN MOUNTAIN WHISTLER MOUNTAIN WHISTLER MOUNTAIN WHISTLER DOIG DOIG TRIASSIC SPRAY RIVER SPRAY 247 RIVER SPRAY Shale and mudstone with subordinate VEGA / VEGA VEGA / VEGA SLT VEGA / VEGA SLT MONTNEY MONTNEY OLENEKIAN SILTSTONE RIVER SPRAY LOWER 250 PHROSO PHROSO MDL PHROSO CDMM CDMM siltstone DIABER INDUAN PHROSO SILTSTONE PHROSO SLT PHROSO SLT DIABER CHANGHSINGIAN 252 254 LOPINGIAN WUCHIAPINGIAN 259 Limestone and dolostone CAPITANIAN GUADALUPIAN 265 UPPER UPPER WORDIAN MOWITCH RANGER CANYON 269 RANGER CANYON ROADIAN BELLOY 273 RANGER CANYON Limestone and dolostone interbedded with calcareous shale KUNGURIAN MIDDLE BELLOY 284 ISHBEL

CISURALIAN ISHBEL ARTINSKIAN ISHBEL MIDDLE Halite ± anhydrite, carbonate, and shale ISHBEL

PERMIAN 290 JOHNSTON CANYON JOHNSTON CANYON SAKMARIAN 294 BELCOURT ASSELIAN MOUNTAIN ROCKY LOWER 299 Anhydrite ± gypsum, halite, carbonate, and GZHELIAN 304 KANANASKIS KANANASKIS shale KASIMOVIAN 307 MOSCOVIAN KSITUAN Limestone and dolostone ± sandstone TOBERMORY TOBERMORY 315 TAYLOR

SPRAY LAKES SPRAY LAKES interbedded with anhydrite MISTY STORELK MISTY STORELK FLAT BASHKIRIAN TYRWHITT TYRWHITT PENNSYLVANIAN 323 TODHUNTER TODHUNTER UNNAMED SERPUKHOVIAN Volcanic and volcaniclastic rock ETHERINGTON ETHERINGTON STODDART KISKATINAW 331 CARNARVON CARNARVON GOLATA MARSTON OPAL MARSTON LOOMIS MOUNT LOOMIS UPPER MOUNT SALTER HEAD SALTER HEAD MOUNT VISEAN MOUNT BARIL BARIL DEBOLT CONTACTS HEAD HEAD WILEMAN WILEMAN LOWER UPPER POROUS UPPER POROUS UPPER Formation or group boundary TURNER TURNER TURNER TURNER MIDDLE DENSE RUNDLE MIDDLE DENSE MIDDLE LIVINGSTONE RUNDLE LIVINGSTONE VALLEY VALLEY LIVINGSTONE VALLEY VALLEY LOWER POROUS LOWER POROUS ELKTON TURNER VALLEY ELKTON 347 Member or unit boundary RUNDLE RUNDLE RUNDLE LIVINGSTONE SHUNDA SHUNDA SHUNDA SHUNDA SHUNDA SHUNDA Boundary uncertain MISSISSIPPIAN CARBONIFEROUS PEKISKO PEKISKO PEKISKO PEKISKO RUNDLE PEKISKO PEKISKO Boundary truncated by erosion TOURNAISIAN Lapout boundary or facies change BANFF BANFF BANFF BANFF BANFF BANFF

BANFF A BANFF A BANFF A BANFF A BANFF A BANFF A UPPER UPPER UPPER UPPER UPPER UPPER 359 EXSHAW EXSHAW EXSHAW EXSHAW EXSHAW EXSHAW LOWER LOWER LOWER LOWER LOWER LOWER BIG VALLEY BIG VALLEY BIG VALLEY BIG VALLEY ABBREVIATIONS COSTIGAN COSTIGAN COSTIGAN LAST LAKE LAST LAKE LAST LAKE CARDINAL LAKE CARDINAL LAKE CARDINAL LAKE GC FAMENNIAN PALLISER PALLISER PALLISER KOTCHO Grand Centre STETTLER STETTLER NORMANDVILLE STETTLER NORMANDVILLE NORMANDVILLE MC CROSSFIELD Marie Creek MORRO MORRO MORRO WHITELAW WHITELAW WHITELAW B Bonnyville Laurentide till units WABAMUN WABAMUN WABAMUN WABAMUN DIXONVILLE DIXONVILLE STETTLER DIXONVILLE TETCHO BL Bronson Lake SASSENACH SASSENACH SASSENACH GRAMINIA SILT GRAMINIA SILT GRAMINIA SILT GR SILT TROUT RIVER 372 ALEXO CROWFOOT BLUE BLUE RIDGE BLUE RIDGE KAKISA 1WS First White Speckled Shale GRAMINIA GRAMINIA SIMLA / ? GRAMINIA RIDGE RONDE CALMAR CALMAR CALMAR CALMAR REDKNIFE 2WS Second White Speckled Shale

WOLF LAKE UPPER NISKU GRUMBLER JEAN MARIE ARCS ARCS ARCS CYNTHIA NISKU NISKU NISKU NISKU BIGORAY CDMM Coquinal Dolomite Middle Member ZETA LK NISKU WINTERBURN WINTERBURN WINTERBURN

GROTTO GROTTO GROTTO WINTERBURN

MOUNT HAWK MOUNT HAWK MOUNT HAWK NISKU LOBSTICK WINTERBURN IRETON CK Creek CAMROSE IRETON CAMROSE CAMROSE TATHLINA HONDO SOUTHESK SOUTHESK SOUTHESK SOUTHESK GR Graminia UPPER IRETON / IRETON PEECHEE PEECHEE PEECHEE IRETON IRETON IRETON TWIN GRUMBLER IRETON III FRASNIAN FORT SIMPSON FALLS LG Lower Grosmont Carbonate ALEX- LEDUC ANDRA LEDUC

FAIRHOLME LEDUC LEDUC LK Lake GROSMONT II PERDRIX PERDRIX DUVERNAY DUVERNAY DUVERNAY PERDRIX UPPER UPPER UPPER LEDUC

WOODBEND WOODBEND I MUSKWA DUVERNAY DUVERNAY MEMBER MEMBER MEMBER WOODBEND WOODBEND WOODBEND MDL Mackenzie Dolomite Lentil FAIRHOLME FAIRHOLME LG MALIGNE MALIGNE MAJEAU MAJEAU COOKING BORSATO COOKING LAKE MAJEAU LAKE COOKING LAKE LAKE LAKE LAKE

PALE OZOIC MTN Mountain

CAIRN MILDRED MILDRED CAIRN CAIRN HAY RIVER MOBERLY ? MOBERLY FLUME FLUME FLUME FLUME PK Pakowki Formation FLUME WATERWAYS WATERWAYS WATERWAYS CHRISTINA WATERWAYS CHRISTINA FLUME CALUMET DEVONIAN SWAN CALUMET 383 SLT Siltstone

HILLS FIREBAG WATERWAYS FIREBAG HOLLEBEKE SLAVE POINT SLAVE POINT SLAVE POINT SLAVE POINT ? ? ? SLAVE POINT SST Sandstone ? BEAVERHILL LAKE BEAVERHILL LAKE FORT VERMILION BEAVERHILL LAKE FORT VERMILION BEAVERHILL LAKE FORT VERMILION BEAVERHILL LAKE FORT VERMILION

YAHATINDA WATT MOUNTAIN GILWOOD WATT MOUNTAIN WATT MOUNTAIN GRANITE WASH GILWOOD WATT MOUNTAIN WATT MOUNTAIN GIVETIAN ? SULPHUR POINT COMMENTS PRAIRIE EVAPORITE PRAIRIE EVAPORITE PRAIRIE EVAPORITE PRAIRIE ZAMA MUSKEG MUSKEG EVAPORITE UPPER

MIDDLE KEG BLACK CK RAINBOW RIVER The eight columns shown in this chart represent typical 388 WINNIPEGOSIS WINNIPEGOSIS / WINNIPEGOSIS / KEG RIVER KEG RIVER KEG RIVER (METHY) ELK POINT ELK POINT KEG RIVER LOWER KEG RIVER stratigraphic relationships encountered across Alberta. The primary EIFELIAN CHINCHAGA CHINCHAGA

CONTACT RAPIDS CONTACT RAPIDS ELK POINT CONTACT RAPIDS ELK POINT CONTACT RAPIDS ELK POINT CONTACT RAPIDS sources of input included AGS Map 600: Bedrock Geology of COLD LAKE 393 GRANITE WASH COLD LAKE COLD LAKE Alberta (Prior et al., 2013) and AGS Map 560: Geology of the ERNESTINA LAKE ERNESTINA LAKE ERNESTINA LAKE Rocky Mountains and Foothills (Pană and Elgr, 2013). The EMSIAN LOTSBERG GRANITE WASH LOTSBERG BASAL LA LOCHE BASAL RED BEDS RED BEDS 408 ? ? ? coloured polygons in the small reference maps represent only the PRAGIAN 411 approximate area that each stratigraphic column represents and LOWER LOCHKOVIAN 419 should not be taken as rigorous unit or terminology boundaries. UPPER 423 INTERLAKE SILURIAN LOWER For example, the northern limit of the Southern Plains column 444 BEAVERFOOT STONEWALL STONEWALL STONY MTN STONY MTN varies from about 50.5°N to 52°N. Blank gaps in the columns UPPER MOUNT WILSON RED RIVER RED RIVER 458 represent major unconformities due either to nondeposition or OWEN CREEK deposition and subsequent erosion. Minor unconformities are not MIDDLE shown. The vertical axis of the chart is scaled in time based upon SKOKI SKOKI 470 TIPPERARY chronostratigraphic divisions (system, series, and stage) with the LOWER OUTRAM OUTRAM

ORDOVICIAN absolute age of division boundaries given in millions of years 485 SURVEY PEAK SURVEY PEAK MISTAYA before present. The chronostratigraphic divisions used, their UPPER LYNX BISON CREEK UPPER LYNX colours, and their numerical ages follow the international UPPER LYELL DEADWOOD DEADWOOD chronostratigraphic chart of the IUGS International Commission on

LYNX SULLIVAN LYNX SULLIVAN LYNX SULLIVAN LOWER LYNX 501 WATERFOWL WATERFOWL WATERFOWL Stratigraphy (ICS) version 2018/08 (Cohen et al., 2013 updated), ARCTOMYS ARCTOMYS ARCTOMYS ARCTOMYS with the exception of the Cambrian subdivisions, which follow the PIKA PIKA PIKA PIKA PIKA ICS chart of 2004 (Gradstein et al., 2004). The time scale is not ELDON ELDON ELDON ELDON EARLIE linear. The Upper Devonian and Mississippian stratigraphic unit WINDSOR MOUNTAIN STEPHEN EARLIE STEPHEN MIDDLE STEPHEN polygons are vertically exaggerated to display the stratigraphic and SNAKE INDIAN CATHEDRAL ELKO CATHEDRAL CATHEDRAL BASAL SANDSTONE UNIT nomenclatural complexities. In areas of considerable MOUNT WHYTE GORDON MOUNT WHYTE MOUNT WHYTE BASAL SANDSTONE UNIT paleotopographic relief (e.g., carbonate reefs), the representation FLATHEAD BASAL SANDSTONE UNIT of stratigraphic relationships may be a compromise between time 513 and geometry. The stratigraphy of the late Eocene to Pleistocene CAMBRIAN HOTA PEYTO MAHTO gravel and sand deposits is not yet fully understood, thus their MURAL ST. PIRAN depiction is preliminary. LOWER POKER SOPHIST LAKE LOUISE GOG MCNAUGHTON GOG SOLITUDE FORT MOUNTAIN Stratigraphic unit polygons are coloured to represent the dominant JASPER JASPER 541 lithology or combination of lithologies present. Group and 550 supergroup names appear on a neutral background. Names in 590 BYNG EAST TWIN parentheses in the northeast Plains refer to outcrop equivalents of WYND HECTOR the respective subsurface stratigraphic units. Question marks OLD WHITEHORN MTN WHITEHORN MTN denote considerable uncertainty in the stratigraphic position or NEOPROTEROZOIC ? FORT GEIKIE SIDING OLD FORT POINT GEIKIE SIDING POINT TEMPLE LAKE TEMPLE LAKE naming of the unit. MIETTE McKALE

MEADOW CREEK MIETTE CORRAL CREEK 620 WINDERMERE WINDERMERE ? ? This table should only be used as a guide and is not determinative 1000 of the ownership of Crown mineral rights. 1400

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