Lyell Formation
Lithology and deposition
The Lynx Group is composed alternating zones of carbonate rocks, most of which are dolomitic, and shales. It was deposited in shallow marine environments along the western margin of the North American Craton during Late Cambrian time. In many areas it is subdivided into the five formations listed below.
Subdivisions
Upper Lynx Group
Formation | Lithology | Max. Thickness |
Reference |
---|---|---|---|
Mistaya Formation | carbonate rocks, minor cherty layers | 158 m (520 ft) | |
Bison Creek Formation | green and grey shales, argillaceous limestone | 203 m (670 ft) | |
Lyell Formation | massive cliff-forming carbonate rocks | 519 m (1,700 ft) |
Lower Lynx Group
Formation | Lithology | Max. Thickness |
Reference |
---|---|---|---|
Sullivan Formation | grey, green, and brown shales, argillaceous limestone | 424 m (1,390 ft) | |
Waterfowl Formation | cliff-forming carbonate rocks, minor siltstone and sandstone | 183 m (600 ft) |
Distribution
The Lynx Group is present in the Canadian Rockies of Alberta and British Columbia. It is typically between 1068-1220 metres (3500-400 feet) thick in the front and main ranges. It extends as far north as the Monkman Pass area of British Columbia.
Relationship to other units
The Lynx Group overlies the Arctomys Formation and the contact is gradational. It is overlain by the Survey Peak Formation and the contact is concordant but abrupt.
References
- ^ Lexicon of Canadian Geologic Units. "Lynx Formation". Retrieved 2010-02-01.
- ^ Slind, O.L., Andrews, G.D., Murray, D.L., Norford, B.S., Paterson, D.F., Salas, C.J., and Tawadros, E.E., Canadian Society of Petroleum Geologists and Alberta Geological Survey (1994). "The Geological Atlas of the Western Canada Sedimentary Basin (Mossop, G.D. and Shetsen, I., compilers), Chapter 8: Middle Cambrian and Early Ordovician Strata of the Western Canada Sedimentary Basin". Retrieved 2018-07-13.
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- ^ Glass, D.J. (editor) 1997. Lexicon of Canadian Stratigraphy, vol. 4, Western Canada including eastern British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan and southern Manitoba. Canadian Society of Petroleum Geologists, Calgary, 1423 p. on CD-ROM. ISBN 0-920230-23-7.
- ^ Aitken, J.D. 1966. Middle Cambrian to Middle Ordovician cyclic sedimentation, southern Rocky Mountains of Alberta. Bulletin of Canadian Petroleum Geology, vol. 14, no. 6, p. 405-441.
- ^ Alberta Geological Survey. "Alberta Table of Formations, May 2019" (PDF). Alberta Energy Regulator. Retrieved 24 March 2020.