Rabbitkettle Formation

Rabbitkettle Formation
Stratigraphic range: Late Cambrian – Tremadocian[1]
Type Formation
Underlies
Overlies Sekwi Formation (unconformably)[2]
Thickness 750 m
Location
Region Yukon
Country Canada

The Rabbitkettle Formation is a geologic formation in 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.

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

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 http://paleoarchive.com/literature/Bruton1984-07-Barnes-EustaticEventsCanada.pdf
  2. 1 2 Pratt, Brian R. (October 1988). "An Ibexian (Early Ordovician) trilobite faunule from the type section of the Rabbitkettle Formation (southern Mackenzie Mountains, Northwest Territories)". Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences. 25 (10): 1595–1607. doi:10.1139/e88-152.
  • Various Contributors to the Paleobiology Database. "Fossilworks: Gateway to the Paleobiology Database". Archived from the original on 31 July 2014. Retrieved 8 July 2014.


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