Pakowki Formation
The Pakowki Formation is a stratigraphical unit of Campanian age in the Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin.
| Pakowki Formation | |
|---|---|
| Stratigraphic range: | |
| Type | Geological formation |
| Underlies | Foremost Formation, Judith River Formation |
| Overlies | Milk River Formation |
| Thickness | up to 200 metres (660 ft) |
| Lithology | |
| Primary | Shale |
| Other | Siltstone, sandstone |
| Location | |
| Coordinates | 49.19251°N 111.06669°W |
| Region | WCSB |
| Country | Canada |
| Type section | |
| Named for | Pakowki Lake |
| Named by | D.B. Dowling, 1916 |
It takes the name from Pakowki Lake, and was first described in outcrop along the Pakowki Coulee by D.B. Dowling in 1916.
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