Miette Group

Miette Group
Stratigraphic range: Neoproterozoic
Type Geologic Group
Unit of Windermere Supergroup
Sub-units Byng Formation
Hector Formation
Old Fort Point Formation
Corral Creek Formation
Thickness more than 3,000 m (10,000 ft)
Lithology
Primary Phyllite, schist, quartzite
Other Conglomerate, dolostone
Location
Region  Alberta
 British Columbia
Country  Canada
Type section
Named for Miette Range
Named by C.D. Walcott[1]

The Miette Group is an assemblage of metamorphosed sedimentary rocks of latest Precambrian (Neoproterozoic) age. It is present in the Canadian Cordillera from the Lake Louise area of Alberta to the Yukon.[2][3] The Meiette rocks include Ediacaran fossils, stromatolites, and trace fossils.[3][4][5][6]

References

  1. ↑ Walcott, C.D. 1913. Cambrian formations of the Robson Peak District, British Columbia and Alberta, Canada. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collection, vol. 42, no. 12, p. 327-343.
  2. ↑ 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.
  3. 1 2 Narbonne, G.M and Hofmann, H.J. 1987. Ediacaran biota of the Wernecke Mountains, Yukon, Canada. Paleontology, vol. 30, p. 647-676.
  4. ↑ Hofmann, H.J., Mountjoy, E.W. and Teitz, M.W. 1986. Ediacaran fossils from the Miette Group, Rocky Mountains, British Columbia, Canada. Geology, vol. 13, p. 819-821.
  5. ↑ Ferguson, C.A. and Simony, P.S. 1991. Preliminary report on structural evolution an stratigraphic correlation, northern Cariboo Mountains, British Columbia. In: Current Research, Part A, Geological Survey of Canada, Paper 91-1A, p. 103-110.
  6. ↑ Hein, F.J. and McMechan, M.E. 1994. "Atlas of the Western Canada Sedimentary Basin (Mossop, G.D. and Shetsen, I., compilers), Chapter 6: Proterozoic and Lower Cambrian strata of the Western Canada Sedimentary Basin". Retrieved 11 April 2018.

See also

References

  • Various Contributors to the Paleobiology Database. "Fossilworks: Gateway to the Paleobiology Database". Retrieved 8 July 2014.
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