Survey Peak Formation
The Survey Peak Formation is a stratigraphic unit of latest Cambrian to earliest Ordovician age. It is present on the western edge of the Western Canada Sedimentary Basin in the Canadian Rockies of Alberta and British Columbia. It was named for Survey Peak near Mount Erasmus in Banff National Park by J.D. Aitken and B.S. Norford in 1967. The Survey Peak Formation is fossiliferous and includes remains of trilobites and other marine invertebrates, as well as conodonts, stromatolites, and thrombolites.
| Survey Peak Formation | |
|---|---|
| Stratigraphic range: latest Cambrian to earliest Ordovician ~ | |
| Type | Formation |
| Underlies | Outram Formation |
| Overlies | Mistaya Formation, Lynx Group |
| Thickness | Up to 519 metres (17023 ft) |
| Lithology | |
| Primary | Limestone |
| Other | Shale, mudstone, siltstone |
| Location | |
| Coordinates | 51°57′16.4″N 116°50′59″W |
| Region | Canadian Rockies |
| Country | Canada |
| Type section | |
| Named for | Survey Peak |
| Named by | J.D. Aitken and B.S. Norford |
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