| Glenogle Formation | |
|---|---|
| Stratigraphic range: Ordovician ~ | |
| Type | Formation |
| Underlies | Mount Wilson Formation |
| Overlies | McKay Group |
| Thickness | Up to about 750 m (2460 feet)[1] |
| Lithology | |
| Primary | Shale |
| Other | Siltstone, sandstone |
| Location | |
| Coordinates | 51°17′00″N 116°49′00″W / 51.28333°N 116.81667°W |
| Region |  British Columbia |
| Country |  Canada |
| Type section | |
| Named for | Glenogle Creek, British Columbia |
| Named by | L.D. Burling, 1922[2] |
The Glenogle Formation or Glenogle Shale is a stratigraphic unit of Ordovician (Arenigian to early Caradocian) age. It is present on the western edge of the Western Canada Sedimentary Basin in southeastern British Columbia.[3] It consists primarily of black shale and was named for Glenogle Creek in the Kicking Horse River area by L.D. Burling in 1923.[1][2]
The formation is known for its fossil graptolites.[1][4]
- ^ a b c Glass, D.J. (editor) 1997. Lexicon of Canadian Stratigraphy, vol. 4, Western Canada including eastern British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan and southern Manitoba, p. 504. Canadian Society of Petroleum Geologists, Calgary, 1423 p. on CD-ROM. ISBN 0-920230-23-7.
- ^ a b Burling, L.D. 1922. A Cambro-Ordovician section near Mount Robson, British Columbia. Geological Magazine, vo. 49, p. 452-461.
- ^ Slind, O.L., Andrews, G.D., Murray, D.L, Norford, B.S., Paterson, D.F., Salas, C.J. and Tawadros, E.E. 1994. The Geological Atlas of the Western Canada Sedimentary Basin (Mossop, G.D. and Shetsen, I., compilers), Chapter 8: Middle Cambrian to Lower Ordovician strata of the Western Canada Sedimentary Basin, p. 87-108. Canadian Society of Petroleum Geologists and Alberta Geological Survey, Calgary, Alberta.
- ^ Larson, M.L. and Jackson, D.E. 1966. Biostratigraphy of the Glenogle Formation (Ordovician) near Glenogle, British Columbia. Bulletin of Canadian Petroleum Geology, vol. 14, no. 4, p. 486-503.