| Minnes Group | |
|---|---|
Stratigraphic range: | |
| Type | Group |
| Sub-units | Gorman Creek Formation Bickford Formation Monach Formation Beattie Peaks Formation Monteith Formation |
| Underlies | Cadomin Formation |
| Overlies | Fernie Formation |
| Thickness | maximum 2,100 m (6,890 ft) |
| Lithology | |
| Primary | Sandstone |
| Other | Siltstone, mudstone, coal |
| Location | |
| Coordinates | 54°09′45″N 120°04′00″W / 54.1625°N 120.0667°W |
| Region |  British Columbia Alberta |
| Country |  Canada |
| Type section | |
| Named for | Mount Minnes, British Columbia |
| Named by | W.H. Ziegler and S.A.J. Pocock[1] |
The Minnes Group, originally named the Minnes Formation,[1] is a geologic unit of latest Jurassic to earliest Cretaceous age in the Western Canada Sedimentary Basin.[2] It is present in the northern foothills of the Canadian Rockies and the adjacent plains in northeastern British Columbia and west-central Alberta.[3] Its strata include natural gas reservoirs and minor coal deposits.[4] Fossil dinosaur tracks have been described from one of its formations.[5]
- ^ a b Cite error: The named reference
Zieglerwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ 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 18: Jurassic and Lowermost Cretaceous strata of the Western Canada Sedimentary Basin". Retrieved 2016-06-20.
{{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.
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Stott98was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Weishampel, D.B., Dodson, P., and Osmólska, H. (eds.): The Dinosauria, 2nd ed., "Dinosaur distribution," pp. 517-607. Berkeley: University of California Press. 861 pp. ISBN 0-520-24209-2.