Herald Formation
Herald Formation | |
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Stratigraphic range: Late Ordovician PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N | |
Type | Geological formation |
Sub-units | Lake Alma Member Coronach Member Redvers Unit |
Underlies | Stony Mountain Formation |
Overlies | Yeoman Formation |
Thickness | up to 38 metres (120 ft)[1] |
Lithology | |
Primary | limestone, dolomite, anhydrite |
Location | |
Coordinates | 49°04′29″N 104°39′08″W / 49.0746°N 104.6521°W / 49.0746; -104.6521 (Herald Formation) |
Region | WCSB |
Country | Canada |
Type section | |
Named by | Saskatchewan Geological Society, 1958. |
The Herald Formation is a stratigraphical unit of Late Ordovician age in the Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin.
It was defined in well Imperial Herald 1-31-1-20W2M by the Lower Paleozoic Names and Correlations Committee of the Saskatchewan Geological Society in 1958.[2]
Lithology
The Herald Formation is composed of dolomitic limestone and dolomite, which can be microcrystalline, argillaceous or microlaminated. [1] In the centre of the basin, it is represented by anhydrite.
Distribution
The Herald Formation reaches a maximum thickness of 38 metres (120 ft) in the Lake Alma area.[1]
Relationship to other units
The Herald Formation is disconformably overlain by the Stony Mountain Formation and conformably overlays the Yeoman Formation.[1]
It can be correlated with the Fort Garry Member of the Red River Formation in Manitoba and in the Williston Basin.
Subdivisions
In south-eastern Saskatchewan, the formation is divided in three units, corresponding to three sedimentation cycles:
References
- ^ a b c d Lexicon of Canadian Geologic Units. "Herald Formation". Archived from the original on 2013-02-21. Retrieved 2010-02-01.
- ^ Saskatchewan Geological Society, 1958. Report of the Lower Paleozoic Names and Correlation Committee, Regina.
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