Belloy Formation
The Belloy Formation is a stratigraphical unit of Permian age in the Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin.
| Belloy Formation | |
|---|---|
| Stratigraphic range: | |
| Type | Geological formation |
| Underlies | Montney Formation, Fort St. John Group |
| Overlies | Rundle Group, Stoddart Group |
| Thickness | up to 274 metres (900 ft) |
| Lithology | |
| Primary | Chert |
| Other | Sandstone, siltstone, conglomerate, dolomite |
| Location | |
| Coordinates | 55.7604°N 118.0487°W |
| Region | Alberta, British Columbia |
| Country | Canada |
| Type section | |
| Named for | Belloy, Alberta |
| Named by | H.L. Halbertsma, 1959 |
It takes the name from the hamlet of Belloy, Alberta, and was first described in the Imperial Belloy 12-14-78-1W6M well by H.L. Halbertsma in 1959.
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