Rockslide Formation
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Type | Formation |
Location | |
Region | Northwest Territories |
Country | Canada |
The Rockslide Formation is a geologic formation in Northwest Territories. It preserves fossils dating back to the Drumian (Plagiura-Pogiella to Bolaspidella Zone).[1]
It was deposited in deep water on a reasonably distal slope; it contains carbonates, debris flows and siliciclastic siltstones, the latter being the fossil bearing horizons.[1] It also contains deep-water microbial reefs.[2]
See also
References
- ^ a b Julien Kimmig & Brian R. Pratt (2015). "Soft-bodied biota from the middle Cambrian (Drumian) Rockslide Formation,Mackenzie Mountains, northwestern Canada". Journal of Paleontology. 89 (1): 51–71. doi:10.1017/jpa.2014.5. S2CID 130268424.
- ^ Pratt, Brian R. (1988). "Deep-Water Girvanella-Epiphyton Reef On A Mid-Cambrian Continental Slope, Rockslide Formation, Mackenzie Mountains, Northwest Territories": 161–164.
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- Various Contributors to the Paleobiology Database. "Fossilworks: Gateway to the Paleobiology Database". Retrieved 17 December 2021.