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Dawson, G.M., 1881. Report on the exploration from Port
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area. The entire group measures up to 677 m (2,220 ft) in the Pouce Coupe
Prairie and can reach 1,100 m (3,610 ft) in the
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and was first described in outcrops along the banks of the Smoky River, Spirit River and
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in the south-east of the distribution area. The entire group correlates with the
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The Smoky Group has the following sub-divisions from top to bottom:
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in the southern foothills. The equivalent stratigraphic sequence in
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ranges from 200m in the Pouce Coupe
Prairie to 123m in the
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442:, in north-eastern Alberta it correlates with
319:occurs at the base and is transitional to the
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410:shale are replacing the upper parts of the
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338:in the southern reaches of the Group, in
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366:sandstone is up to 8m thick, while the
358:area and thins towards the east in the
354:The Kaskapau Shale reaches 477m in the
7:
967:Frontier exploration and development
1474:Geologic groups of British Columbia
390:The Smoky Group is conformably and
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871:Lexicon of Canadian Geologic Units
847:Lexicon of Canadian Geologic Units
818:Lexicon of Canadian Geologic Units
791:Lexicon of Canadian Geologic Units
767:Lexicon of Canadian Geologic Units
729:Lexicon of Canadian Geologic Units
299:The Smoky Group is represented by
274:Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin
25:
118:Kaskapau Shale exposed along the
946:Western Canada Sedimentary Basin
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398:and rests conformably on the
178:up to 1,100 feet (340 m)
1484:Cretaceous British Columbia
1002:Northwestern Alberta Plains
754:Geological Survey of Canada
568:900 m (2,950 ft)
386:Relationship to other units
279:It takes the name from the
1500:
1469:Geologic groups of Alberta
532:medium to coarse grained
515:200 m (660 ft)
111:
34:
1029:Northern Rocky Mountains
575:Basal sandstone tongues
268:unit of Late Cretaceous
1015:North-central foothills
962:Oil sands and heavy oil
591:fine to medium grained
378:foothills of northeast
771:"Puskwaskau Formation"
640:massive, fine grained
623:25 m (80 ft)
541:8 m (30 ft)
327:Hydrocarbon production
851:"Howard Creek Member"
795:"Bad Heart Formation"
646:9 m (30 ft)
600:4 m (10 ft)
334:is produced from the
986:Depositional regions
899:"Pouce Coupe Member"
822:"Kaskapau Formation"
656:Blackstone Formation
492:Puskwaskau Formation
448:Kotaneelee Formation
416:Blackstone Formation
368:Puskwaskau Formation
289:George Mercer Dawson
252:George Mercer Dawson
141:Puskwaskau Formation
1344:Beaverhill Lake GRP
972:Natural gas liquids
954:Hydrocarbon history
690:Bad Heart Sandstone
581:Howard Creek Member
523:Bad Heart Formation
364:Bad Heart Formation
145:Bad Heart Formation
36:Stratigraphic range
1479:Cretaceous Alberta
1194:Schooler Creek GRP
875:"Doe Creek Member"
631:Pouce Coupe Member
549:Kaskapau Formation
436:Lea Park Formation
412:Kaskapau Formation
400:Dunvegan Formation
321:Dunvegan Formation
285:Pouce Coupe Rivers
169:Dunvegan Formation
149:Kaskapau Formation
18:Pouce Coupe Member
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1123:Fort St. John GRP
1012:North-east Plains
664:Muskiki Formation
660:Cardium Formation
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444:Labiche Formation
424:Wapiabi Formation
420:Cardium Formation
356:Pouce Coupe River
336:Cardium Formation
258:
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120:Pouce Coupe River
16:(Redirected from
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1386:Sulphur Point FM
1371:Watt Mountain FM
1182:Poker Chip Shale
1054:Northwest plains
1007:Canadian Rockies
993:Southern Alberta
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434:consists of the
394:followed by the
380:British Columbia
376:Canadian Rockies
344:northern Alberta
219:British Columbia
131:Geological group
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1337:Cooking Lake FM
1322:Fort Simpson FM
1204:Charlie Lake FM
1138:Spirit River FM
1106:Pouce Coupe MBR
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1081:Puskwaskau FM
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1441:Granite Wash
1431:Ernestina FM
1426:Cold Lake FM
1421:Chinchaga FM
1411:Keg River FM
1376:Gillwood MBR
1349:Waterways FM
1312:Woodbend GRP
1231:Stoddart GRP
1199:Baldonnel FM
1145:Bullhead GRP
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1039:Saskatchewan
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458:Subdivisions
396:Wapiti Group
389:
372:Spirit River
353:
350:Distribution
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261:
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233:Type section
159:Wapiti Group
1416:Rainbow MBR
1406:Black Shale
1332:Duvernay FM
1300:Redknife FM
1187:Nordegg MBR
1118:Dunvegan FM
1101:Kaskapau FM
1086:Badheart FM
1066:Scollard FM
1061:Paskapoo FM
1024:Fort Nelson
1019:Liard River
977:Natural gas
593:glauconitic
452:Liard River
360:Smoky River
281:Smoky River
262:Smoky Group
242:Smoky River
30:Smoky Group
1463:Categories
1317:Irteton FM
1285:Wabamun FM
1268:Pekisko FM
1253:Rundle GRP
1221:Montney FM
1209:Halfway FM
1172:Fernie GRP
1160:Cadomin FM
1155:Gething FM
1150:Bluesky FM
1096:Cardium FM
1091:Muskiki FM
1071:Wapiti GRP
904:2009-02-11
880:2009-02-11
856:2009-02-11
832:2009-02-11
800:2009-02-11
776:2009-02-11
738:2009-02-11
708:References
636:Cenomanian
613:Cenomanian
587:Cenomanian
486:Reference
362:area. The
1396:Muskeg FM
1295:Kakisa FM
1280:Exshaw FM
1263:Shunda FM
1258:Debolt FM
1246:Golata FM
1226:Belloy FM
1076:Smoky GRP
1009:foothills
642:sandstone
619:sandstone
596:sandstone
558:Coniacian
537:sandstone
528:Coniacian
510:siltstone
497:Santonian
483:Thickness
478:Lithology
317:Sandstone
315:streaks.
313:bentonite
309:ironstone
295:Lithology
291:in 1881.
238:Named for
200:siltstone
196:sandstone
183:Lithology
175:Thickness
155:Underlies
137:Sub-units
1401:Zama MBR
1327:Leduc FM
1275:Banff FM
1045:Manitoba
1043:Western
554:Turonian
469:Sub-unit
248:Named by
206:Location
165:Overlies
1216:Doig FM
450:in the
426:of the
408:Muskiki
404:Cardium
272:in the
254:, 1881.
225:Country
215:Alberta
188:Primary
534:marine
503:marine
454:area.
303:silty
301:marine
228:Canada
211:Region
585:late
564:shale
506:shale
501:dark
307:with
305:shale
264:is a
192:Shale
662:and
512:beds
481:Max.
422:and
342:and
311:and
260:The
127:Type
48:PreꞒ
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474:Age
332:Gas
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