| Wabamun Formation | |
|---|---|
| Stratigraphic range: | |
| Type | Geological formation |
| Sub-units | Crossfield Member |
| Underlies | Exshaw Formation, Blairmore Group, Mannville Group |
| Overlies | Graminia Formation (Winterburn Group) |
| Thickness | up to 240 metres (790 ft)[1] |
| Lithology | |
| Primary | Limestone, dolomite |
| Other | Anhydrite |
| Location | |
| Coordinates | 53°23′06″N 114°30′44″W / 53.3851°N 114.5123°W |
| Region |  Alberta |
| Country |  Canada |
| Type section | |
| Named for | Wabamun Lake |
| Named by | Imperial Oil, 1950 |
The Wabamun Formation is a stratigraphic unit of Late Devonian (Famennian) age in the Western Canada Sedimentary Basin.[2] It takes the name from Wabamun Lake and was first described in the Anglo Canadian Wabamun Lake No. 1 well (located between the Wabamun Lake and the North Saskatchewan River) by Imperial Oil in 1950.[3]
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
lexiconwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ 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 13: Devonian Wabamun Group of the Western Canada Sedimentary Basin". Retrieved 2014-10-18.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ Imperial Oil Limited, Geological Staff, Western Division, 1950. Devonian nomenclature in Edmonton area, Alberta, Canada. Bull. American Association of Petroleum Geologists, v. 34, p. 1807-1825.