Manitoba Group
The Manitoba Group is a stratigraphical unit of middle to late Devonian age in the Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin.
| Manitoba Group | |
|---|---|
| Stratigraphic range: | |
| Type | Geological group |
| Sub-units | Souris River Formation Hubbard Evaporite Dawson Bay Formation |
| Underlies | Duperow Formation 9Saskatchewan Group |
| Overlies | Prairie Evaporite Formation, Winnipegosis Formation (Elk Point Group) |
| Thickness | up to 244 metres (800 ft) |
| Lithology | |
| Primary | Shale, carbonate, evaporite |
| Location | |
| Region | WCSB |
| Country | Canada |
| Type section | |
| Named for | Manitoba |
| Named by | A.D. Baillie, 1953 |
The group takes its name from the province of Manitoba, and was first defined by A.D. Baillie in 1953.
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