Wabamun Formation
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The Wabamun Formation is a stratigraphic unit of Late Devonian (Famennian) age in the Western Canada Sedimentary Basin.[2] It takes the name from Wabamun Lake and was first described in the Anglo Canadian Wabamun Lake No. 1 well (located between the Wabamun Lake and the North Saskatchewan River) by Imperial Oil in 1950.[3]
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Wabamun Formation | |
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Stratigraphic range: Famennian | |
Type | Geological formation |
Sub-units | Crossfield Member |
Underlies | Exshaw Formation, Blairmore Group, Mannville Group |
Overlies | Graminia Formation (Winterburn Group) |
Thickness | up to 240 metres (790 ft)[1] |
Lithology | |
Primary | Limestone, dolomite |
Other | Anhydrite |
Location | |
Coordinates | 53.3851°N 114.5123°W / 53.3851; -114.5123 (Anglo Canadian Wabamun Lake No. 1) |
Region | Alberta |
Country | Canada |
Type section | |
Named for | Wabamun Lake |
Named by | Imperial Oil, 1950 |
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