Redknife Formation
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The Redknife Formation is a stratigraphical unit of Devonian age in the Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin.
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Redknife Formation | |
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Stratigraphic range: Late Devonian | |
Type | Geological formation |
Sub-units | Jean Marie Member |
Underlies | Kakisa Formation |
Overlies | Fort Simpson Formation |
Thickness | up to 83 feet (30 m)[1] |
Lithology | |
Primary | Shale, limestone |
Other | siltstone, dolomite |
Location | |
Coordinates | 61.28°N 119.87°W / 61.28; -119.87 (Redknife Formation) |
Region | Northwest Territories British Columbia Alberta |
Country | Canada |
Type section | |
Named for | Redknife River |
Named by | Belyea and McLaren, 1962 |
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It takes the name from Redknife River, a tributary of the Mackenzie River, and was first described in the banks of the Trout River, north of Trout Lake, Northwest Territories, at Table Rock Rapids by Belyea and McLaren in 1962.