Kananaskis Formation
The Kananaskis Formation is a geologic formation that is present on the western edge of the Western Canada Sedimentary Basin in the southern Canadian Rockies of western Alberta. Named after the Kananaskis Range near Banff, it was deposited during the Late Pennsylvanian sub-period of the Carboniferous period. Some of its strata host fossils of marine invertebrates.
| Kananaskis Formation | |
|---|---|
| Stratigraphic range: | |
| Type | Formation |
| Unit of | Spray Lakes Group |
| Underlies | Ishbel Group |
| Overlies | Tunnel Mountain Formation |
| Thickness | up to about 55 metres (180 ft) |
| Lithology | |
| Primary | Limestone, dolomite |
| Other | Chert, quartzite |
| Location | |
| Coordinates | 50°48′24.1″N 115°15′47.9″W |
| Region | Alberta |
| Country | Canada |
| Type section | |
| Named for | Kananaskis Range |
| Named by | A. McGugan and J.E. Rapson, 1961 |
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