| Smoky Group | |
|---|---|
| Stratigraphic range: | |
 Kaskapau Shale exposed along the Pouce Coupe River | |
| Type | Geological group |
| Sub-units | Puskwaskau Formation Bad Heart Formation Kaskapau Formation |
| Underlies | Wapiti Group |
| Overlies | Dunvegan Formation |
| Thickness | up to 1,100 feet (340 m)[1] |
| Lithology | |
| Primary | Shale, sandstone, siltstone |
| Location | |
| Region | Alberta, British Columbia |
| Country | Canada |
| Type section | |
| Named for | Smoky River |
| Named by | George Mercer Dawson, 1881. |
The Smoky Group is a stratigraphical unit of Late Cretaceous age in the Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin.
It takes the name from the Smoky River and was first described in outcrops along the banks of the Smoky River, Spirit River and Pouce Coupe Rivers by George Mercer Dawson in 1881.[2]
- ^ Lexicon of Canadian Geologic Units. "Smoky Group". Retrieved 2009-02-11.
- ^ Dawson, G.M., 1881. Report on the exploration from Port Simpson on the Pacific Coast to Edmonton on the North Saskatchewan River, Embracing a portion of the northern part of British Columbia and the Peace River Country, with Maps 150 and 152; Geological Survey of Canada, Report of Progress 1879-1880, Part B, p. 1-77.