Kaskapau Formation
The Kaskapau Formation is a geological formation in North America whose strata date back to the Late Cretaceous.
| Kaskapau Formation | |
|---|---|
| Stratigraphic range: Turonian-Coniacian ~ | |
Kaskapau Shale | |
| Type | Geological formation |
| Unit of | Smoky River Group |
| Sub-units | Doe Creek, Pouce Coupe, Wartenbe, Tuskoola |
| Underlies | Bad Heart & Cardium Formations |
| Overlies | Dunvegan Formation |
| Thickness | up to 900 meters (3,000 ft) |
| Lithology | |
| Primary | Carbonaceous shale |
| Other | Sandstone tongues and lenticles, volcanic ash |
| Location | |
| Coordinates | 55°55′N 118°38′W |
| Region | Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin |
| Country | Canada |
| Type section | |
| Named for | Kaskapau Ricer |
| Named by | McLearn |
| Year defined | 1926 |
The name derives from kaskapahtew (ᑲᐢᑲᐸᐦᑌᐤ), the Cree word for "smoky". It was first described on the banks of the Smoky River, close to the confluence with the Puskwaskau River by F.H. McLearn in 1926.
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