| Gladstone Formation | |
|---|---|
| Stratigraphic range: | |
| Type | Geological formation |
| Unit of | Blairmore Group, Luscar Group |
| Underlies | Beaver Mines Formation, Moosebar Formation |
| Overlies | Cadomin Formation |
| Thickness | up to about 180 metres (590 ft) |
| Lithology | |
| Primary | Sandstone, siltstone, mudstone |
| Other | Limestone, coal |
| Location | |
| Region |  Alberta |
| Country |  Canada |
| Type section | |
| Named for | Gladstone Creek |
| Named by | J.R. McLean[1] |
The Gladstone Formation is a stratigraphic unit of Early Cretaceous (Aptian) age in the Western Canada Sedimentary Basin.[2] It is present in the foothills of southwestern Alberta and is named for outcrops along Gladstone Creek, a tributary of the Castle River south of the Crowsnest Pass.[1][3]
- ^ a b McLean, J.R. 1980. Lithostratigraphy of the Lower Cretaceous coal-bearing sequence, foothills of Alberta. Geological Survey of Canada, Paper 80-29.
- ^ 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 19: Cretaceous Mannville Group of the Western Canada Sedimentary Basin". Archived from the original on 2013-08-14. Retrieved 2013-08-01.
{{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. Canadian Society of Petroleum Geologists, Calgary, 1423 p. on CD-ROM. ISBN 0-920230-23-7.