Gog Group
The Gog Group is a stratigraphic unit in the Western Canada Sedimentary Basin. It is present in the western main ranges of the Canadian Rockies in Alberta and British Columbia, and in the Cariboo Mountains and in the central Purcell Mountains in southwestern British Columbia. It was named by C.F. Deiss in 1940 for a type locality near Mount Assiniboine.
| Gog Group | |
|---|---|
| Stratigraphic range: | |
Trace fossils in a slab from the Gog Group. | |
| Type | Group |
| Sub-units | see text |
| Underlies | Mount Whyte Formation, Chancellor Group, Snake Indian Formation |
| Overlies | Miette Group |
| Thickness | up to 2,180 metres (7,150 ft) |
| Lithology | |
| Primary | Quartzose sandstone, quartzite, conglomerate |
| Other | Siltstone, mudstone, limestone, dolomite |
| Location | |
| Region | Alberta British Columbia |
| Country | Canada |
| Type section | |
| Named by | C.F. Deiss, 1940 |
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