Kwataboahegan Formation
| Kwataboahegan Formation | |
|---|---|
| Stratigraphic range: Devonian | |
| Type | Formation |
| Underlies | Moose River Formation |
| Overlies | Stooping River Formation |
| Location | |
| Region | Moose River Basin Hudson Bay Basin |
| Country |  Canada |
| 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". Archived from the original on 31 July 2014. Retrieved 8 July 2014.
{{cite web}}:|author=has generic name (help) - ^ 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.
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