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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.
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Spencer, R.J. and
Demicco, R.V. 1993. Depositional environments of the Middle Cambrian Arctomys Formation, southern Canadian Rocky Mountains. Bulletin of Canadian Petroleum Geology, vol. 41, no. 4, p. 373-388.
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Aitken, J.D. 1966. Middle
Cambrian to Middle Ordovician cyclic sedimentation, southern Rocky Mountains of Alberta. Bulletin of Canadian Petroleum Geology, vol. 14, no. 6, p. 405-441.
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Walcott, C.D. 1920. Explorations and field work of the
Smithsonian Institution in 1919. Smithsonian Institution Miscellaneous Collections, vol. 72, no. 1, p. 1-16.
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Leckie, D.A. 2017. Rocks, ridges and rivers – Geological wonders of Banff, Yoho, and Jasper
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Arctomys Formation is present in the Rocky Mountains of Alberta and British Columbia. It thickens northward from
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561:Western Canada Sedimentary Basin
296:Western Canada Sedimentary Basin
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941:Geologic formations of Alberta
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16:Geologic formation in Canada
617:Northwestern Alberta Plains
507:Alberta Geological Survey.
143:Up to 336 metres (1,100 ft)
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514:. Alberta Energy Regulator
926:Cambrian British Columbia
320:Charles Doolittle Walcott
275:Charles Doolittle Walcott
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334:Lithology and deposition
630:North-central foothills
577:Oil sands and heavy oil
386:and is overlain by the
352:Sedimentary structures
206:51.95972°N 116.92111°W
382:. It is overlies the
340:North American Craton
328:Jasper National Parks
601:Depositional regions
211:51.95972; -116.92111
587:Natural gas liquids
569:Hydrocarbon history
388:Waterfowl Formation
316:Banff National Park
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124:Waterfowl Formation
28:Stratigraphic range
376:White Man Mountain
284:Arctomys Formation
217:Arctomys Formation
22:Arctomys Formation
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769:Tunnel Mt FM
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654:Saskatchewan
516:. Retrieved
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456:. Retrieved
452:the original
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380:Mount Robson
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360:ripple marks
342:during late
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258:Type section
885:Mt Whyte FM
860:Arctomys FM
828:Southesk FM
811:Palliser FM
700:Alberta GRP
683:Brazeau GRP
678:Paskapoo FM
639:Fort Nelson
634:Liard River
592:Natural gas
209: /
196:116°55′16″W
183:Coordinates
915:Categories
875:Stephen FM
806:Wabamun FM
784:Mt Head FM
774:Rundle GRP
737:Fernie GRP
727:Cadomin FM
710:Cardium FM
705:Wapiabi FM
688:St Mary FM
458:2018-07-13
394:References
215: (
193:51°57′35″N
895:Miette FM
850:Outram FM
801:Exshaw FM
759:Ishbel FM
624:foothills
356:mudcracks
322:in 1920.
263:Named for
171:limestone
148:Lithology
140:Thickness
120:Underlies
114:Formation
870:Eldon FM
845:Skoki FM
838:Flume FM
833:Cairn FM
818:Alexo FM
796:Banff FM
660:Manitoba
658:Western
518:24 March
354:include
324:Outcrops
271:Named by
177:Location
167:Dolomite
130:Overlies
890:Gog GRP
865:Pika FM
855:Lynx FM
304:Alberta
298:in the
240:Country
153:Primary
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252:Canada
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230:Region
512:(PDF)
348:shale
286:is a
163:Other
157:Shale
520:2020
473:ISBN
416:ISBN
306:and
282:The
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