| Snake Indian Formation | |
|---|---|
| Stratigraphic range: Middle Cambrian ~ | |
| Type | Formation |
| Underlies | Eldon Formation, Titkana Formation |
| Overlies | Gog Group |
| Thickness | Up to 610 metres (2000 ft)[1][2] |
| Lithology | |
| Primary | Shale |
| Other | Limestone, siltstone |
| Location | |
| Coordinates | 53°03′07″N 118°11′57″W / 53.05194°N 118.19917°W |
| Region | Canadian Rockies |
| Country |  Canada |
| Type section | |
| Named for | Snake Indian River |
| Named by | E.W. Montjoy and J.D. Aitken[1] |
The Snake Indian Formation is a stratigraphic unit of Middle Cambrian age that is present on the western edge of the Western Canada Sedimentary Basin in the northern Canadian Rockies of Alberta and British Columbia.[3] It was named for Snake Indian River in Jasper National Park by E.W. Montjoy and J.D. Aitken in 1978. The type locality was established on Chetamon Mountain.[1]
- ^ a b c Montjoy, E.W. and Aitken, J.D. 1978. Middle Cambrian Snake Indian Formation (new), Jasper Region, Alberta. Bulletin of Canadian Petroleum Geology, vol. 26, no. 3, p. 343-361.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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". Retrieved 2018-07-13.
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