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Contents 1 Alberta 1.1 South Central Mountains and Foothills 1.2 Southern Plains 1.3 Central Plains 1.4 North Central Mountains and Foothills 1.5 Northwest Plains 1.6 Northeast Plains 2 British Columbia 2.1 Liard 2.2 Fort Nelson 2.3 Rocky mountains Foothills 2.4 Plains-Fort St. John 3 Saskatchewan and Manitoba 3.1 Southwest SK 3.2 Southeast SK 3.3 West central SK 3.4 Western MB 4 See also 5 Text template 6 Fornation 6.1 Lithology 6.1.1 Oil/gas production 6.2 Distribution 6.3 Relationship to other units 6.4 See also 6.5 References 6.6 External links 6.7 Refernces

[edit] Alberta

[edit] South Central Mountains and Foothills

[edit] Southern Plains Alberta South Plains Tertiary Not present Upper Cretaceous Not present Lower Cretaceous Jurassic Fernie GRP Swift FM Rierdon FM Sawtooth FM Triassic Not present Permian Not present Pennsylvanian Not present Mississippian Devonian Silurian Not present Ordovician Not present Cambrian Not present Precambrian Canadian Shield

[edit] Central Plains Alberta Central Plains Tertiary Peskapoo FM Upper Cretaceous Scollard FM Edonton GRP Battle MBR Whitemud MBR Horseshoe Canyon FM Bearpaw MBR Bellt River FM Ribstone MBR Victoria MBR Brosseau MBR Lea Park FM Colorado GRP Colorado shale Cardium FM Barons sand Bow Island FM Basal Colorado Lower Cretaceous Mannville GRP Upper Mannville Glauconitic Sandstone Ostracod Beds Sunburst Member Taber Member Detrital Beds Jurassic Fernie GRP Grey Beds Rock Creek MBR Poker Chip Shale Nordegg FM Triassic-Permian-Pennsylvanian Not present Mississippian Rundle GRP Mount Head FM Elkton MBR Shunda FM Pekisko FM Banff FM Exshaw FM Devonian Silurian-Ordovician-Cambrian Not present Precambrian Canadian Shield

[edit] North Central Mountains and Foothills

[edit] Northwest Plains Alberta Northwest Plains Tertiary Sounders GRP Peskapoo FM Upper Cretaceous Scollard FM Wapiti GRP Smoky GRP Puskwskau FM Badheart FM Muskiki FM Cardium FM Kaskapau FM Pouce Coupe MBR Doe Creek MBR Dunvegan FM Fort St. John GRP Shaftesbury FM Lower Cretaceous Fort St. John GRP Peace River FM Paddy MBR Cadotte MBR Harmon MBR Spirit River FM Notikewin MBR Falher MBR Wilrich MBR Bullhead GRP Bluesky FM Gething FM Cadomin FM Nikanassin FM Jurassic Fernie GRP Grey Beds Rock Creek MBR Poker Chip Shale Nordegg FM Triassic Schooler Creek GRP Baldonnel FM Charlie Lake FM Halfway FM Doig FM Montney FM Permian Belloy FM Pennsylvanian Stoddart GRP Taylor Flat FM Mississippian Stoddart GRP Kiskatinaw FM Golata FM Rundle GRP Debolt FM Shunda FM Pekisko FM Banff FM Exshaw FM Devonian Wabamun FM Trout River FM Kakisa FM Redknife FM Jean Marie MBR Woodbend GRP Irteton FM Fort Simpson FM Leduc FM Beaverhill Lake GRP Waterways FM Slave Point FM Fort Vermillion 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 Silurian-Ordovician-Cambrian Not present Precambrian Canadian Shield

[edit] Northeast Plains

[edit] British Columbia

[edit] Liard British Columbia Liard Tertiary Not present Upper Cretaceous Wapiti GRP Kotaneelee FM Dunvegan FM Lower Cretaceous Ft. St. John GRP Sully FM SikanniFM Lepine FM Buckinghorse FM Scatter FM Tussock MBR Wildhorn MBR Bullwell MBR Garbutt FM Jurassic Not present Triassic Liard FM Toad FM Grayling FM Permian Ishbel GRP Fantastique FM Kindle FM Pennsylvanian Mattson FM Mississippian Golata FM Debolt FM Prophet FM Besa River FM Devonian Dunedin FM Besa River FM Stone FM Wokpash FM Muncho-McConnell FM Silurian Nonda FM Ordovician Kechica FM Cambrian Atan FM Precambrian Canadian Shield

[edit] Fort Nelson

[edit] Rocky mountains Foothills

[edit] Plains-Fort St. John

[edit] Saskatchewan and Manitoba

[edit] Southwest SK

[edit] Southeast SK

[edit] West central SK

[edit] Western MB

[edit] See also

[edit] Text template

<div style="border-style:solid; border-width: 1px; border-color:grey; float:right; width:150px; text-align:center;">
Region '''''Subregion'''''
{| style="width:100%;"
|style="text-align:left;border-style:none none solid none;border-width:1px;"|<small>''[[Tertiary]]''</small>
|-
|<small>''Not present''</small>
|-
|style="text-align:left;border-style:none none solid none;border-width:1px;"|<small>''[[Upper Cretaceous]]''</small>
|-
|<small>''Not present''</small>
|-
|style="text-align:left;border-style:none none solid none;border-width:1px;"|<small>''[[Lower Cretaceous]]''</small>
|-
|<small>''Not present''</small>
|-
|style="text-align:left;border-style:none none solid none;border-width:1px;"|<small>''[[Jurassic]]''</small>
|-
|<small>''Not present''</small>
|-
|style="text-align:left;border-style:none none solid none;border-width:1px;"|<small>''[[Triassic]]''</small>
|-
|<small>''Not present''</small>
|-
|style="text-align:left;border-style:none none solid none;border-width:1px;"|<small>''[[Permian]]''</small>
|-
|<small>''Not present''</small>
|-
|style="text-align:left;border-style:none none solid none;border-width:1px;"|<small>''[[Pennsylvanian]]''</small>
|-
|<small>''Not present''</small>
|-
|style="text-align:left;border-style:none none solid none;border-width:1px;"|<small>''[[Mississippian]]''</small>
|-
|<small>''Not present''</small>
|-
|style="text-align:left;border-style:none none solid none;border-width:1px;"|<small>''[[Devonian]]''</small>
|-
|<small>''Not present''</small>
|-
|style="text-align:left;border-style:none none solid none;border-width:1px;"|<small>''[[Silurian]]''</small>
|-
|<small>''Not present''</small>
|-
|style="text-align:left;border-style:none none solid none;border-width:1px;"|<small>''[[Ordovician]]''</small>
|-
|<small>''Not present''</small>
|-
|style="text-align:left;border-style:none none solid none;border-width:1px;"|<small>''[[Cambrian]]''</small>
|-
|<small>''Not present''</small>
|-
|style="text-align:left;border-style:none none solid none;border-width:1px;"|<small>''[[Precambrian]]''</small>
|-
|style="background:magenta;"|[[Canadian Shield]]
|}
</div>

[edit] Fornation

Formation is a stratigraphical unit of <age-era> age in <stratigraphical block> in Canada.

It takes the name from <name origin>, and was first described in <well or outcrop> by <author> ^[1].

[edit] Lithology

---Typical lithology--- ---Biostratigraphy--- ---Facies---

[edit] Oil/gas production

Oil/gas is produced from the <formation> in ---production area/fields---.

[edit] Distribution

Lateral distribution, thickness array.

[edit] Relationship to other units

<Formation> is <type of contact> overlain by ---overlaying formation--- and <type of contact> underlain by ---underlaying formation---.

[edit] See also

[edit] References

[edit] External links

[edit] Refernces

• Geological Survey of Canada
• Alberta Geological Survey
• Lexicon of Canadian Geological Names on-line