| Flume Formation | |
|---|---|
| Stratigraphic range: | |
| Type | Formation |
| Unit of | Fairholme Group |
| Underlies | Cairn Formation |
| Overlies | Cambrian or Ordovician formations, or Yahatinda Formation |
| Thickness | Up to 125 m (410 ft) |
| Lithology | |
| Primary | Dolomite |
| Other | Chert, limestone |
| Location | |
| Coordinates | 53°10′N 117°55′W / 53.167°N 117.917°W |
| Approximate paleocoordinates | 13°00′S 44°06′W / 13.0°S 44.1°W |
| Region |  Alberta |
| Country |  Canada |
| Extent | Western Canada Sedimentary Basin |
| Type section | |
| Named by | P.E. Raymond |
| Year defined | 1930[1] |
  Flume Formation (Canada)  Flume Formation (Alberta) | |
The Flume Formation is a geologic formation in the Western Canada Sedimentary Basin in Alberta, Canada. It was deposited as an extensive carbonate platform along the western edge of the basin during Late Devonian (Frasnian) time and the reefs of the Cairn Formation subsequently developed on it.[2][3]
- ^ Raymond, P.E. 1930. The Paleozoic Formations in Jasper Park, Alberta. American Journal of Science, 5th series, vol. 20, p. 289-300
- ^ Mossop, G.D. and Shetsen, I., (compilers), Canadian Society of Petroleum Geologists and Alberta Geological Survey (1994). "The Geological Atlas of the Western Canada Sedimentary Basin, Chapter 12: Devonian Woodbend-Winterburn strata of the Western Canada Sedimentary Basin". Archived from the original on 2014-10-18. Retrieved 2014-10-17.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ Glass, D.J. (editor) 1997. Lexicon of Canadian Stratigraphy, vol. 4, Western Canada including eastern British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan and southern Manitoba, p. 466-467. Canadian Society of Petroleum Geologists, Calgary, 1423 p. on CD-ROM. ISBN 0-920230-23-7.