Porcupine Hills Formation
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For the hills in Manitoba and Saskatchewan, see Porcupine Hills.
The Porcupine Hills Formation is a stratigraphic unit of middle to late Paleocene age in the Western Canada Sedimentary Basin. It takes its name from the Porcupine Hills of southwestern Alberta, and was first described in outcrop by George Mercer Dawson in 1883.[2]
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Porcupine Hills Formation | |
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Stratigraphic range: Paleocene | |
Type | Geological formation |
Underlies | erosional surface |
Overlies | Willow Creek Formation |
Thickness | up to 1,200 metres (3,940 ft)[1] |
Lithology | |
Primary | Shale |
Other | Sandstone, mudstone, siltstone |
Location | |
Coordinates | 49.78753°N 113.88020°W / 49.78753; -113.88020 (Porcupine Hills Formation) |
Region | Alberta |
Country | Canada |
Type section | |
Named for | Porcupine Hills (Alberta) |
Named by | G.M. Dawson, 1883 |
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