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Kotaneelee Formation

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The Kotaneelee Formation has a thickness of 152 metres (500 ft) to 305 metres (1,000 ft) . It occurs in outcrop along the
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Hage, C.O., 1945. Geological reconnaissance along the lower Liard River, British Columbia, Yukon and Northwest Territories.
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The Kotaneelee Formation is gradually overlain by the
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Index

Stratigraphic range
Late Cretaceous
PreꞒ

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Geological formation
Wapiti Group
Dunvegan Formation
Shale
sandstone
Conglomerate
Coordinates
60°10′N 123°46′W / 60.17°N 123.77°W / 60.17; -123.77 (Kotaneelee Formation)
WCSB
Canada
Kotaneelee River
stratigraphical
Late Cretaceous
age
Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin
Kotaneelee River

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