Kootenay Group

Not to be confused with Kootenai Formation.
Kootenay Group
Stratigraphic range: Late Jurassic to Early Cretaceous
TypeGroup
Sub-unitsElk Formation
Mist Mountain Formation
Morrissey Formation
UnderliesBlairmore Group
OverliesFernie Formation
Thicknessmaximum 1,335 m (4,380 ft)
Lithology
PrimarySandstone, siltstone, mudstone
OtherCoal, conglomerate
Location
RegionCanadian Rockies
Country Canada
Type section
Named byD. W. Gibson, 1979[1][2]

The Kootenay Group, originally called the Kootenay Formation,[1][2] is a geologic unit of latest Jurassic to earliest Cretaceous age in the Western Canada Sedimentary Basin that is present in the southern and central Canadian Rockies and foothills.[3] It includes economically important deposits of high-rank bituminous and semi-anthracite coal,[4] as well as plant fossils and dinosaur trackways.[2]

  1. ^ a b Gibson, D. W. 1979. The Morrissey and Mist Mountain formations – newly described lithostratigraphic units of the Jura-Cretaceous Kootenay Group, Alberta and British Columbia. Bulletin of Canadian Petroleum Geology 27: 183–208.
  2. ^ a b c Cite error: The named reference Gibson was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ 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)
  4. ^ Mossop, G. D. and Shetsen, I. (compilers), Canadian Society of Petroleum Geologists (1994). "The Geological Atlas of the Western Canada Sedimentary Basin, Chapter 33: Coal Resources of the Western Canada Sedimentary Basin". Retrieved 2016-06-20.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)