Gog Group

Gog Group Stratigraphic range: Cambrian
Trace fossils in a slab from the Gog Group.
Type	Group
Location
Region	Alberta
Country	Canada

The Gog Group is a geologic group in Alberta. It consists of distinctive shallow marine quartzites and quartzitc conglomerates that contain extremely rare Lower Cambrian trilobite fossils and an abundance of trace fossils.^[1]

References

↑ Hein, H. J., and M. E. McMechan (1994). Chapter 6 Proterozoic and Lower Cambrian Strata of the Western Canada Sedimentary Basin; in Geological Atlas of the Western Canada Sedimentary Basin, G.D. Mossop and I. Shetsen (comp.). Alberta, Canada: Canadian Society of Petroleum Geologists and Alberta Research Council. [last accessed July 19, 2015].

Western Canadian 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

Canadian Rockies	Paskapoo FM Brazeau GRP St Mary FM Belly River FM Alberta GRP Wapiabi FM Cardium FM Blackstone FM Blairmore GRP Cadomin FM Kootenay GRP Fernie GRP Spray River GRP Whitehorse MBR Sulphur Mt MBR Ishbel FM Kananaskis FM Tunnel Mt FM Rundle GRP Etherington FM Mt Head FM Livingstone FM Banff FM Exshaw FM Wabamun FM Palliser FM Alexo FM Fairholme GRP Southesk FM Cairn FM Flume FM Skoki FM Outram FM Lynx FM Arctomys FM Pika FM Eldon FM Stephen FM Cathedral FM Mt Whyte FM Gog GRP Miette FM Canadian Shield

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Gog Group

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