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Alberta Table of Formations 3D PGF v2 Model 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 zone 1 OLIGOCENE CYPRESS HILLS OBED MOUNTAIN SWAN HILLS 34 EOCENE CENOZOIC 56 DALEHURST PALEOGENE PASKAPOOModel ZonesPASKAPOO PASKAPOO LACOMBE PALEOCENE HAYNES zonesPORCUPINE 2-3 HILLS PORCUPINE HILLS UPPER UPPER COALSPUR COALSPUR UPPER RAVENSCRAG UPPER 66 LOWER WILLOW CREEK WILLOW CK SCOLLARD SCOLLARD 01ENTRANCEsediment CONGLOMERATE above bedrock (surficial deposits) LOWER LOWER FRENCHMAN LOWER BATTLE BATTLE BATTLE WHITEMUD WHITEMUD MAASTRICHTIAN Bedrock topography CARBON ST. MARY RIVER ST. MARY RIVER HORSESHOE TOLMAN MORRIN UPPER UPPER EASTEND CANYON HORSESHOE 02 Paskapoo and Porcupine Hills formations HORSETHIEF CANYON 72 DRUMHELLER BLOOD RESERVE BLOOD RESERVE EDMONTON UPPER SAUNDERS SAUNDERS WAPITI / BRAZEAU STRATHMORE BRAZEAUScollard, Willow Creek, Ravenscrag,BRAZEAU and BEARPAW BEARPAW BEARPAW BEARPAW BEARPAW EDMONTON 03 zones 4-15 WAPITI Frenchman formations DRYWOOD CREEK DINOSAUR DINOSAUR PARK PARK DINOSAUR PARK DINOSAUR PARK LOWER LOWER LUNDBRECK OLDMAN OLDMAN OLDMAN OLDMAN LOWER CAMPANIAN 04 Battle Formation BELLY RIVER CONNELLY CREEK BELLY RIVER FOREMOST FOREMOST BELLY RIVER LOWER BELLY RIVER BELLY RIVER LOWER BELLY RIVER 05NOMAD NOMAD PAKOWKI PAKOWKI PK Wapiti and Brazeau formations LEA CHUNGO CHUNGO PARK LEA PARK LEA PARK CHUNGO LEA PARK 84 HANSONHorseshoe Canyon (excluding StrathmoreHANSON zones 16-19MILK RIVER MILK RIVER ALDERSON 06 Member), St. Mary River, Blood Reserve, UPPER THISTLE THISTLE THISTLE 1WS PUSKWASKAU 1WS FIRST WHITE SPECKS SANTONIAN Whitemud, and Eastend formations FIRST WHITE SPECKS FIRST WHITE SPECKS PUSKWASKAU DOWLING WAPIABI DOWLING DOWLING MEDICINE HAT MEDICINE HAT 86 WAPIABI WAPIABI MARSHYBANK07 undifferentiated Bearpaw FormationMARSHYBANK MARSHYBANK WAPIABI BAD HEART CONIACIAN MUSKIKI MUSKIKI MUSKIKI VERGER VERGER MUSKIKI NIOBRARA NIOBRARA NIOBRARA SMOKY zone 20-25 SMOKY 90 CARDIUM 08 upper Bearpaw Formation CARDIUM CARDIUM CARDIUM CARDIUM 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 lower Bearpaw Formation (A - outside of POUCE COUPE 09 Strathmore Member and below Bearpaw DOE CREEK maximum flooding surface) CENOMANIAN DUNVEGAN SUNKAY zones 26-30SUNKAY BELLE FOURCHE DUNVEGAN BELLE FOURCHE BELLE FOURCHE DUNVEGAN BELLE FOURCHE Alberta 10 COLORADO COLORADO Strathmore Member BLACKSTONE BLACKSTONE SHAFTESBURY BARONS SAND BARONS SAND FISH SCALES SHAFTESBURY FISH SCALES FISH SCALES FISH SCALES 101 SHAFTESBURY FISH SCALES lower Bearpaw Formation (B - below WESTGATE WESTGATE WESTGATE WESTGATE WESTGATE 11 Strathmore Member) BRUIN BOW ISLAND / VIKING VIKING VIKING VIKING (PELICAN) CROWSNEST JOLI FOU undifferentiated Belly River Group (excluding JOLI FOU JOLI FOU PADDY JOLI FOU BOULDER CREEK12 Dinosaur Park, Oldman, and Foremost CREEK MILL CREEK BASAL COLORADO SAND zones 31-34 PEACE PEACE formations) RIVER RIVER UPPER CRETACEOUS LYNX CK CADOTTE Table of ALBIAN HULCROSS 13 Dinosaur Park Formation COLONY HARMON MOUNTAIN PARK MOUNTAIN PARK MCLAREN NOTIKEWIN NOTIKEWIN UNNAMED UNNAMED WASECA GRAND RAPIDS GATES GATES LOON RIVER 14 BEAVER UPPER A UPPER UPPER SPARKY A FORT ST. JOHN FORT ST. OldmanGRANDE Formation 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 15 Foremost Formation 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 zonesGLADSTONE 35-39 BANTRY SHALE LOWER BLAIRMORE MANNVILLE ESOZOIC GETHING GETHING 16 Lea Park Formation GLADSTONE GETHING C MANNVILLE DINA MANNVILLE M MURRAY LOWER GLADSTONE LOWER SUNBURST SANDSTONE ELLERSLIE APTIAN MANNVILLE DALHOUSIE MANNVILLE CUT BANK SANDSTONE M CADOMIN CADOMIN CADOMIN CADOMIN BULLHEAD 125 ? DETRITAL BEDS DETRITAL BEDS BULLHEAD BARREMIAN 17 Pakowki and upper Lea Park formations CADOMIN ? HAUTERIVIAN ? 133 A ?POCATERRA CREEK VALANGINIAN B 18 Milk River Formation and Alderson Member ? 140 MONTEITH ELK NIKANASSIN / MONTEITH / September 2015 C BERRIASIAN NIKANASSIN NIKANASSIN MONTEITH NIKANASSIN 145 MINNES 19 undifferentiated upper Smoky Group MIST MOUNTAIN KOOT- ENAY ? MORRISSEY J3 TITHONIAN ? PASSAGE BEDS PASSAGE BEDS PASSAGE BEDS UPPER FERNIE UPPER FERNIE SHALE 152 SHALE AND SANDSTONE KIMMERIDGIAN 20 WapiabiUPPER FERNIE and SHALE Niobrara formations 157 UPPER FERNIE SHALE UPPER FERNIE SHALE SWIFT SWIFT NITON NITON? UPPER OXFORDIAN GREEN BEDS GREEN BEDS GREEN BEDS 164 CALLOVIAN 21 Carlile Formation ? BATHONIAN 166 ROCK CREEK PIGEON CK J2 GREY BEDS ELLIS RIERDON MIDDLE BAJOCIAN 168 FERNIE FERNIE HIGHWOOD FERNIE HIGHWOOD FERNIE ? FERNIE 170 ROCK CREEKKaskapau Formation (A - outside of Cardium SAWTOOTH SHAUNAVON ROCK CK LITHOLOGY AALENIAN ROCK CREEK GRAVELBOURG 174 22 Formation and above Second White Specks Formation) 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 23 Cardium Formation ? J1 PLIENSBACHIAN GORDONDALE RED DEER NORDEGG RED DEER NORDEGG NORDEGG GORDONDALE JURASSIC LOWER FERNIE SHALE Nonstratified interglacial sediments 191 24 Blackstone Formation GORDONDALE LOWER SINEMURIAN BASAL SANDSTONE (clay, silt, sand) BASAL SANDSTONE 199 ? Kaskapau Formation (B - below Cardium ? HETTANGIAN 201 25 Formation) RHAETIAN Gravel and sand NORIAN Second White Specks (above Belle Fourche 227 26 Formation), Belle Fourche, and Fish Scales WINNIFRED WINNIFRED UPPER BREWSTERformations, LIMESTONE and Barons Sand BALDONNEL SIPHON CARNIAN WHITEHORSE WHITEHORSE Second White Specks and Kaskapau STARLIGHT CHARLIE CHARLIE NANCY Conglomerate and sandstone STARLIGHT27 EVAPORITE STARLIGHT EVAPORITE WHITEHORSE BOUNDARY formations (above Dunvegan Formation or EVAPORITE LAKE LAKE BRAEBURN 237 Doe Creek Member) VALHALLA CREEK Sandstone, siltstone, and quartzite, commonly LADINIAN LLAMA28 Doe Creek Member LLAMA LLAMA CREEK HALFWAY SCHOOLER HALFWAY MIDDLE 242 SULPHUR SULPHUR SULPHUR SCHOOLER interbedded with shale or mudstone ANISIAN MOUNTAIN WHISTLER29 Dunvegan Formation 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 PHROSOupper Shaftesbury Formation (includingPHROSO Fish MDL PHROSO CDMM CDMM siltstone DIABER 252 30 ScalesPHROSO zone) SILTSTONE PHROSO SLT zones 40-49PHROSO SLT DIABER LOPINGIAN 254 WUCHIAPINGIAN 260 31 Limestone and dolostone CAPITANIAN Westgate and lower Shaftesbury formations GUADALUPIAN 265 UPPER UPPER WORDIAN MOWITCH RANGER CANYON RANGER CANYON 269 upper Loon River Formation BELLOY Limestone and dolostone interbedded with ROADIAN RANGER CANYON32 272 calcareous shale KUNGURIAN Viking, Bow Island, Pelican, and Peace River 33 formations (excluding Harmon Member) ISHBEL MIDDLE BELLOY 284 ISHBEL Halite ± anhydrite, carbonate, and shale CISURALIAN Joli Fou Formation (including Basal Colorado ISHBEL ARTINSKIAN ISHBEL Sand Member) and Harmon Member of the MIDDLE PERMIAN 34 JOHNSTON CANYON JOHNSTON CANYON 290 Peace River Formation SAKMARIAN BELCOURT 295 MOUNTAIN ROCKY Anhydrite ± gypsum, halite, carbonate, and ASSELIAN Mannville Group (excluding Grand Rapids, LOWER 299 35 Clearwater and McMurray formations), and shale GZHELIAN 304 Spirit River and lower LoonKANANASKIS River formations KANANASKIS KASIMOVIAN 307 36 Grand Rapids Formation Limestone and dolostone ± sandstone MOSCOVIAN KSITUAN interbedded with anhydrite TOBERMORY TOBERMORY 315 Clearwater Formation (excluding Wabiskaw TAYLOR 37 SPRAY LAKES SPRAY LAKES Member) MISTY STORELK MISTY STORELK FLAT BASHKIRIAN TYRWHITT TYRWHITT PENNSYLVANIAN Volcanic and volcaniclastic rock 323 Wabiskaw Member, and Bluesky, Gething, 38 TODHUNTER TODHUNTER UNNAMED SERPUKHOVIAN and Cadomin formations ETHERINGTON ETHERINGTON STODDART KISKATINAW 331 CARNARVON CARNARVON GOLATA 39 McMurray Formation MARSTON OPAL MARSTON LOOMIS MOUNT LOOMIS UPPER MOUNT sub-Cretaceous unconformitySALTER HEAD SALTER CONTACTS HEAD MOUNT VISEAN MOUNT BARIL BARIL DEBOLT HEAD HEAD 40 Nikanassin, Monteith, and FernieWILEMAN formations WILEMAN LOWER Formation or group boundary UPPER POROUS UPPER POROUS UPPER TURNER TURNER TURNER TURNER MIDDLE DENSE RUNDLE MIDDLE DENSE MIDDLE LIVINGSTONE RUNDLE LIVINGSTONE 41 SchoolerVALLEY Creek Group VALLEY LIVINGSTONE VALLEY VALLEY Member or unit boundary LOWER POROUS LOWER POROUS ELKTON TURNER VALLEY ELKTON 347 RUNDLE RUNDLE RUNDLE LIVINGSTONE
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