Rabbitkettle Formation
Geologic formation in Yukon, Canada
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The Rabbitkettle Formation is a geologic formation in the Yukon, comprising thin bedded silty and occasionally siliciclastic limestones deposited in deep (below storm wave base) waters.[2][1] It preserves fossils dating back to the Ordovician period.
TypeFormation
Underlies
- Road River Formation
- Whiterock Formation
- Sunblood Formation
- Broken Skull Formation (also laterally equivalent)
OverliesSekwi Formation (unconformably)[2]
Thickness750 m
| Rabbitkettle Formation | |
|---|---|
| Stratigraphic range: | |
| Type | Formation |
| Underlies |
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| Overlies | Sekwi Formation (unconformably)[2] |
| Thickness | 750 m |
| Location | |
| Region | Yukon |
| Country | Canada |
According to [1] it:
- Starts in the Late Cambrian; ends in late Tremadoc
- reaches 750m in thickness
- transitional slope facies
- Alternation of black calcareous mudstones and grey, burrowed wackestones
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