Rabbitkettle Formation
| Rabbitkettle Formation | |
|---|---|
| Stratigraphic range: | |
| Type | Formation |
| Underlies |
|
| Overlies | Sekwi Formation (unconformably)[2] |
| Thickness | 750 m |
| Location | |
| Region | Yukon |
| Country | Canada |
The Rabbitkettle Formation is a geologic formation in the Yukon, comprising thin bedded silty and occasionally siliciclastic limestones deposited in deep (below storm wave base) waters.[2][1] It preserves fossils dating back to the Ordovician period.
According to [1] it:
- Starts in the Late Cambrian; ends in late Tremadoc
- reaches 750m in thickness
- transitional slope facies
- Alternation of black calcareous mudstones and grey, burrowed wackestones
See also
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References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Early Ordavieian eustatic events in Canada" (PDF). paleoarchive.com. Retrieved 21 May 2023.
- ^ a b Pratt, Brian R. (October 1988). "An Ibexian (Early Ordovician) trilobite faunule from the type section of the Rabbitkettle Formation (southern Mackenzie Mountains, Northwest Territories)". Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences. 25 (10): 1595–1607. doi:10.1139/e88-152.
- Various Contributors to the Paleobiology Database. "Fossilworks: Gateway to the Paleobiology Database". Retrieved 17 December 2021.
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