Muskwa Formation
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The Muskwa Formation is a stratigraphical unit of Frasnian age in the Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin.
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Muskwa Formation | |
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Stratigraphic range: Frasnian | |
Type | Geological formation |
Unit of | Horn River Formation |
Underlies | Fort Simpson Formation |
Overlies | Otter Park Member |
Thickness | up to 34 metres (110 ft)[1] |
Lithology | |
Primary | Shale |
Location | |
Coordinates | 58.7438°N 122.6781°W / 58.7438; -122.6781 (Western National Gas Fort Nelson a-95-J/94-J-10) |
Region | British Columbia |
Country | ![]() |
Type section | |
Named for | Muskwa River |
Named by | Gray & Kassube |
Year defined | 1963 |
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It takes the name from Muskwa River, and was first described in the Western National Gas Fort Nelson a-95-J/94-J-10 well by F.F. Gray and J.R. Kassube, in 1963.