Rundle Group

Rundle Group
Stratigraphic range: Middle to Late Mississippian
The massive limestone beds form outcrops at the top of Mount Rundle
TypeGeological formation
Sub-unitsDebolt, Shunda, Pekisko, Mount Head, Livingstone, Turner Valley, Prophet
UnderliesFernie Formation, Belloy Formation
OverliesBanff Formation
Thicknessup to 741 metres (2,430 ft)[1]
Lithology
PrimaryLimestone
OtherChert
Location
Coordinates51°07′49″N 115°28′40″W / 51.13020°N 115.47765°W / 51.13020; -115.47765 (Rundle Group)
Region Alberta,  British Columbia
Country Canada
Type section
Named forMount Rundle
Named byR.J.W. Douglas, 1953

The Rundle Group is a stratigraphical unit of Mississippian age in the Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin.

It takes the name from Mount Rundle (itself taking the name from Robert Terrill Rundle), and was first described in outcrops at the northern side of the mountain in Banff National Park by R.J.W. Douglas in 1953.[2]

  1. ^ Lexicon of Canadian Geologic Units. "Rundle Group". Retrieved 2009-02-12.
  2. ^ Douglas, R.J.W., 1953b. Carboniferous stratigraphy in the southern Foothills of Alberta; Alberta Soc. Petrol. Geol., 3rd Ann. Field Conf. Guidebook, p. 66–88.