Wabamun Formation
The Wabamun Formation is a stratigraphic unit of Late Devonian (Famennian) age in the Western Canada Sedimentary Basin. It takes the name from Wabamun Lake and was first described in the Anglo Canadian Wabamun Lake No. 1 well (located between the Wabamun Lake and the North Saskatchewan River) by Imperial Oil in 1950.
| Wabamun Formation | |
|---|---|
| Stratigraphic range: | |
| Type | Geological formation |
| Sub-units | Crossfield Member |
| Underlies | Exshaw Formation, Blairmore Group, Mannville Group |
| Overlies | Graminia Formation (Winterburn Group) |
| Thickness | up to 240 metres (790 ft) |
| Lithology | |
| Primary | Limestone, dolomite |
| Other | Anhydrite |
| Location | |
| Coordinates | 53.3851°N 114.5123°W |
| Region | Alberta |
| Country | Canada |
| Type section | |
| Named for | Wabamun Lake |
| Named by | Imperial Oil, 1950 |
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