Viking Formation
The Viking Formation is a stratigraphical unit of Cretaceous age in the Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin.
| Viking Formation | |
|---|---|
| Stratigraphic range: | |
Crossbedded Viking sandstone | |
| Type | Geological formation |
| Underlies | Big River Formation |
| Overlies | Joli Fou Formation |
| Thickness | up to 50 metres (160 ft) |
| Lithology | |
| Primary | Sandstone |
| Other | Conglomerate, chert |
| Location | |
| Coordinates | 53°N 111.5°W |
| Region | Alberta, Saskatchewan |
| Country | Canada |
| Type section | |
| Named for | Viking, Alberta |
| Named by | Dowling et al., 1919 |
It takes the name from the town of Viking, Alberta, and was first described in the Viking-Kinsella oil field by Dowling in 1919.
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