Crowfoot Formation
The Crowfoot Formation is a stratigraphical unit of Frasnian age in the Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin.
| Crowfoot Formation | |
|---|---|
| Stratigraphic range: | |
| Type | Geological formation |
| Underlies | Stettler Formation |
| Overlies | Southesk Formation |
| Thickness | up to 38 metres (120 ft) |
| Lithology | |
| Primary | Anhydrite, dolomite |
| Other | Shale |
| Location | |
| Coordinates | 50.748°N 112.587°W |
| Region | Alberta Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin |
| Country | Canada |
| Type section | |
| Named for | Crowfoot Creek |
| Named by | H.R. Belyea and D.J. McLaren, 1957 |
It takes the name from Crowfoot Creek, a tributary of the Bow River and was first described in the Royalite Crowfoot No. 2 well, located near the creek by H.R. Belyea and D.J. McLaren in 1957.
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