Kwataboahegan Formation
Appearance
Kwataboahegan Formation | |
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Stratigraphic range: Devonian | |
Type | Formation |
Underlies | Moose River Formation |
Overlies | Stooping River Formation |
Location | |
Region | Moose River Basin Hudson Bay Basin |
Country | ![]() |
Type section | |
Named for | Kwataboahegan River |
The Kwataboahegan Formation is a geologic formation in the Moose River and Hudson Bay basins in northern Ontario, containing fossils from the Lower to Middle Devonian period.[1] It is characterized by brown bituminous stromatoporoid-coral floatstone to bindstone and stromatoporoid-coral-crinoid wackestone-packstone-rudstones, interbedded with light grey, bioclastic wackestone-packstone.[2]
See also
References
- ^ Various Contributors to the Paleobiology Database. "Fossilworks: Gateway to the Paleobiology Database". Retrieved 17 December 2021.
- ^ Braun, M.; Armstrong, D.K.; Chow, N.; Gouwy, S.A. (2016). "Preliminary Lithostratigraphy, Chemostratigraphy and Lithofacies Analysis of the Devonian Succession, Moose River Basin, Northern Ontario". Ontario Geological Survey Summary of Field Work: 13.