Alberta

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Region '''''Subregion'''''
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|style="text-align:left;border-style:none none solid none;border-width:1px;"|<small>''[[Upper Cretaceous]]''</small>
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|style="text-align:left;border-style:none none solid none;border-width:1px;"|<small>''[[Lower Cretaceous]]''</small>
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|<small>''Not present''</small>
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|style="text-align:left;border-style:none none solid none;border-width:1px;"|<small>''[[Jurassic]]''</small>
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|style="text-align:left;border-style:none none solid none;border-width:1px;"|<small>''[[Triassic]]''</small>
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|<small>''Not present''</small>
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|style="text-align:left;border-style:none none solid none;border-width:1px;"|<small>''[[Permian]]''</small>
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|style="text-align:left;border-style:none none solid none;border-width:1px;"|<small>''[[Pennsylvanian]]''</small>
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|<small>''Not present''</small>
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|style="text-align:left;border-style:none none solid none;border-width:1px;"|<small>''[[Mississippian]]''</small>
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|<small>''Not present''</small>
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|style="text-align:left;border-style:none none solid none;border-width:1px;"|<small>''[[Devonian]]''</small>
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|style="text-align:left;border-style:none none solid none;border-width:1px;"|<small>''[[Silurian]]''</small>
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|<small>''Not present''</small>
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|style="text-align:left;border-style:none none solid none;border-width:1px;"|<small>''[[Ordovician]]''</small>
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|style="text-align:left;border-style:none none solid none;border-width:1px;"|<small>''[[Cambrian]]''</small>
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|style="text-align:left;border-style:none none solid none;border-width:1px;"|<small>''[[Precambrian]]''</small>
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|style="background:magenta;"|[[Canadian Shield]]
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Formation

{{Infobox rockunit
| name           = Formation
| image          = 
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| type           = [[Geological formation]]
| age            = {{Fossil range|||[[]]}}
| prilithology   = [[]]
| otherlithology = 
| namedfor       = [[]]
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| region         = [[Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin|WCSB]]
| country        = {{flag|Canada}}
| coordinates    = {{coord||N||W|display=inline,title|name= Formation}} 
| unitof         = 
| subunits       = 
| underlies      = [[]]
| overlies       = [[]]
| thickness      = up to {{convert||m|ft|-1}}<ref name=lexicon/>
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}}

The '''Formation''' is a [[Stratigraphy|stratigraphical]] unit of [[age-era]] [[Geochronology|age]] in the [[Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin]]. 

It takes the name from <name origin>, and was first described in <well or outcrop> by <author> in <year>.<ref>Reference</ref>

==Lithology==
The Formation is composed of [[---Typical lithology--- ---Biostratigraphy--- ---Facies---]].
<ref name=lexicon>
{{Cite web|url=http://cgkn1.cgkn.net/weblex/weblex_litho_detail_e.pl?
|title= Formation
|author=Lexicon of Canadian Geologic Units 
|accessdate=2010-02-01}}
</ref>

====Hydrocarbon production====
[[Petroleum|Oil]]/[[Natural gas|gas]] is produced from the <formation> in ---production area/fields---.

==Distribution==
The Formation Lateral distribution, thickness array.<ref name=lexicon/>

==Relationship to other units==

The Formation is conformably/[[unconformity|unconformably]] overlain by the [[---overlaying formation---]] and conformably/[[unconformity|unconformably]] overlays the [[---underlaying formation---]].<ref name=lexicon/>

It is equivalent to [[eqFormation]] in [[Region]].

==References==
{{reflist}}

{{Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin|Liard_River=yes|Fort_Nelson=yes|Northwest_Plains=yes|Northeast_Plains=yes|Central_Plains=yes|South AB=yes|Saskatchewan=yes}}

[[Category:Stratigraphy of Alberta]]

External links

Alberta Geological Survey. "Geological Atlas of the Western Canada Sedimentary Basin". {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |sccessdate= ignored (help)
Canadian Geoscience Knowledge Network. "Lexicon of Canadian Geological Names on-line". {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |sccessdate= ignored (help)
Geological Survey of Canada

v t e Western Canada Sedimentary Basin
Hydrocarbon history	Oil sands and heavy oil Frontier exploration and development Natural gas liquids Natural gas
Depositional regions	Southern Alberta Central Alberta Northwestern Alberta Plains South-central Canadian Rockies foothills North-east Plains North-central foothills Liard River Fort Nelson Northern Rocky Mountains Fort St. John Saskatchewan Western Manitoba
Liard River area	Wapiti GRP Kotaneelee FM Dunvegan FM Ft. St. John GRP Sully FM SikanniFM Lepine FM Buckinghorse FM Scatter FM Garbutt FM Liard FM Toad FM Grayling FM Ishbel GRP Fantasque FM Kindle FM Mattson FM Golata FM Debolt FM Prophet FM Besa River FM Dunedin FM Stone FM Wokpash FM Muncho-McConnell FM Nonda FM Kechica FM Atan FM Canadian Shield
Fort Nelson area	Wapiti GRP Kotaneelee FM Dunvegan FM Ft. St. John GRP Sully FM SikanniFM Buckinghorse FM Scatter FM Belloy FM Rundle GRP Debolt FM Shunda FM Pekisko FM Banff FM Exshaw FM Kotcho FM Tetcho FM Trout River FM Kakisa FM Redknife FM Jean Marie MBR Fort Simpson FM Horn River FM Muskwa FM Waterways FM Slave Point FM Watt Mountain FM Muskeg FM Sulphur Point FM Presqu'ile FM Pine Point FM Keg River FM Chinchaga FM Canadian Shield
Northwest plains	Paskapoo FM Scollard FM Wapiti GRP Smoky GRP Puskwaskau FM Badheart FM Muskiki FM Cardium FM Kaskapau FM Pouce Coupe MBR Doe Creek MBR Dunvegan FM Fort St. John GRP Shaftesbury FM Peace River FM Spirit River FM Bullhead GRP Bluesky FM Gething FM Cadomin FM Nikanassin FM Fernie GRP Rock Creek MBR Poker Chip Shale Nordegg MBR Schooler Creek GRP Baldonnel FM Charlie Lake FM Halfway FM Doig FM Montney FM Belloy FM Stoddart GRP Taylor Flat FM Kiskatinaw FM Golata FM Rundle GRP Debolt FM Shunda FM Pekisko FM Banff FM Exshaw FM Wabamun FM Trout River FM Kakisa FM Redknife FM Jean Marie MBR Woodbend GRP Irteton FM Fort Simpson FM Leduc FM Duvernay FM Cooking Lake FM Beaverhill Lake GRP Waterways FM Swan Hills FM Fort Vermilion FM Elk Point GRP Watt Mountain FM Gillwood MBR Presqu’ile FM Sulphur Point FM Pine Point FM Muskeg FM Zama MBR Black Shale Keg River FM Rainbow MBR Chinchaga FM Cold Lake FM Ernestina FM Basal Red Beds Granite Wash Canadian Shield
Northeastern plains	Bearpaw FM Belly River GRP Lea Park FM La Biche GRP Viking FM Joli Fou FM Colony SS Mannville GRP McLaren MBR Grand Rapids FM Waseca SS Sparky SS Gen. Petr. SS Clearwater FM Rex SS Lloydminster SS Wabiskaw MBR Cummings MBR McMurray FM Dina MBR Banff FM Exshaw FM Wabamun FM Winterburn FM Woodbend GRP Grosmont FM Irteton FM Cooking Lake FM Beaverhill Lake GRP Elk Point GRP Canadian Shield
Central Alberta	Paskapoo FM Scollard FM Edmonton GRP Battle FM Whitemud MBR Horseshoe Canyon FM Bearpaw FM Belly River GRP Ribstone Creek MBR Victoria MBR Brosseau MBR Lea Park FM Colorado GRP Cardium FM Mannville GRP Glauconitic Sandstone Ostracod Beds Sunburst Member Taber Member Detrital Beds Fernie GRP Rock Creek MBR Nordegg MBR Rundle GRP Mount Head FM Elkton MBR Shunda FM Pekisko FM Banff FM Exshaw FM Canadian Shield
Southern Alberta plains	Cypress Hills FM Porcupine Hills FM Ravenscrag FM Edmonton GRP Belly River GRP Oldman FM Foremost FM Pakowki FM Milk River FM Colorado GRP Mannville GRP Ellis GRP Swift FM Rierdon FM Sawtooth FM Rundle GRP Banff FM Exshaw FM Bakken FM Wabamun FM Crowfoot FM Nisku FM Ireton FM Leduc FM Cooking Lake FM Beaverhill Lake GRP Elk Point GRP Canadian Shield
Saskatchewan	Cypress Hills FM Ravenscrag FM Frenchman FM Whitemud FM Eastend FM Bearpaw FM Judith River GRP Belly River FM Oldman FM Foremost FM Lea Park FM Pakowki FM Milk River FM Colorado GRP Viking FM Mannville GRP Pense FM Cantuar FM Success FM Vanguard FM Ellis GRP Swift FM Rierdon FM Sawtooth FM Shaunavon FM Piper FM Gravelbourg FM Gypsum Springs FM Watrous FM Big Snowy GRP Madison GRP Charles FM Poplar Ratcliffe Midale Mission Canyon FM Kisbey SS Alida Tilston Lodgepole FM Souris Valley Three Forks GRP Bakken FM Big Valley FM Torquay FM Saskatchewan GRP Birdbear FM Duperow FM Manitoba GRP Souris River FM Elk Point GRP Davson Bay FM Prairie FM Winnipegosis FM Ashern FM Interlake FM Stonewall FM Stony Mountain FM Herald FM Yeoman FM Winnipeg FM Deadwood FM Canadian Shield