| Pika Formation | |
|---|---|
| Stratigraphic range: Middle Cambrian ~ | |
 | |
| Type | Formation |
| Underlies | Arctomys Formation, Deadwood Formation, or Sullivan Formation |
| Overlies | Eldon Formation, Titkana Formation, or Earlie Formation |
| Thickness | Up to 361 metres (1,184 ft)[1] |
| Lithology | |
| Primary | Calcareous mudstone |
| Other | Limestone, dolomite |
| Location | |
| Coordinates | 51°29′40″N 116°06′05″W / 51.49444°N 116.10139°W |
| Region | Canadian Rockies |
| Country |  Canada |
| Type section | |
| Named for | Pika Peak |
| Named by | C.F. Deiss, 1939[2] |
The Pika Formation is a stratigraphic unit of Middle Cambrian age that is present on the western edge of the Western Canada Sedimentary Basin in the Canadian Rockies of Alberta and British Columbia.[3] It was named for Pika Peak near Lake Louise in Banff National Park by C.F. Deiss in 1939.[2] It is fossiliferous and preserves several genera of trilobites.[4] Outcrops of the Pika Formation can be seen in Banff and Jasper National Parks.[5]
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b Deiss, C.F. 1939. Cambrian formations of southwestern Alberta and southeastern British Columbia. Geological Society of America Bulletin, vol. 50, p. 951-1019.
- ^ Slind, O.L., Andrews, G.D., Murray, D.L., Norford, B.S., Paterson, D.F., Salas, C.J., and Tawadros, E.E., Canadian Society of Petroleum Geologists and Alberta Geological Survey (1994). "The Geological Atlas of the Western Canada Sedimentary Basin (Mossop, G.D. and Shetsen, I., compilers), Chapter 8: Middle Cambrian and Early Ordovician Strata of the Western Canada Sedimentary Basin". Archived from the original on 2016-07-01. Retrieved 2018-07-13.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ Melzak, A. and Westrop, S.R. 1994. Mid-Cambrian (Marjuman) from the Pika Formation, southern Canadian Rocky Mountains, Alberta. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences, vol. 31, p. 969-985.
- ^ Leckie, D.A. 2017. Rocks, ridges and rivers – Geological wonders of Banff, Yoho, and Jasper National Parks. Brokenpoplars, Calgary, Alberta, 217 pp. ISBN 978-0-9959082-0-8.