Viking Formation | |
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Stratigraphic range: | |
Type | Geological formation |
Underlies | Big River Formation |
Overlies | Joli Fou Formation |
Thickness | up to 50 metres (160 ft)[1] |
Lithology | |
Primary | Sandstone |
Other | Conglomerate, chert |
Location | |
Coordinates | 53°00′N 111°30′W / 53°N 111.5°W |
Region | Alberta, Saskatchewan |
Country | Canada |
Type section | |
Named for | Viking, Alberta |
Named by | Dowling et al., 1919 |
The Viking Formation is a stratigraphical unit of Cretaceous age in the Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin.
It takes the name from the town of Viking, Alberta, and was first described in the Viking-Kinsella oil field by Dowling in 1919.[2]
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