The Crowfoot Formation is a stratigraphical unit of Frasnian age in the Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin.

Crowfoot Formation
Stratigraphic range: Frasnian
TypeGeological formation
UnderliesStettler Formation
OverliesSouthesk Formation
Thicknessup to 38 metres (120 ft)[1]
Lithology
PrimaryAnhydrite, dolomite
OtherShale
Location
Coordinates50°44′53″N 112°35′13″W / 50.748°N 112.587°W / 50.748; -112.587 (Crowfoot Formation)
Region Alberta
Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin
Country Canada
Type section
Named forCrowfoot Creek
Named byH.R. Belyea and D.J. McLaren, 1957

It takes the name from Crowfoot Creek, a tributary of the Bow River and was first described in the Royalite Crowfoot No. 2 well, located near the creek by H.R. Belyea and D.J. McLaren in 1957. [2]

Lithology

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The Crowfoot Formation consists of anhydrite, silty dolomite, with minor shale. [1]

Distribution

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The Crowfoot Formation is typically 4 metres (10 ft) thick, but can reach up to 38 metres (120 ft).[1]

Relationship to other units

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The Crowfoot Formation is overlain by the Stettler Formation and overlays the Southesk Formation.[1]

It is equivalent to the Calmar Formation and part of the Graminia Formation in central Alberta and to the Torquay Formation in Saskatchewan, Manitoba and Montana.

References

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  1. ^ a b c d Lexicon of Canadian Geologic Units. "Crowfoot Formation". Archived from the original on 2013-02-21. Retrieved 2010-01-01.
  2. ^ Belyea, H.R. and McLaren, D.J., 1957. Upper Devonian nomenclature in southern Alberta. Journal of the Alberta Society of Petroleum Geologists, v. S. p.166-182.