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Williston Basin area;
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The
Saskatchewan Group contains the following formations, from top to base:
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321:It takes the name from the province of
340:The Saskatchewan Group is composed of
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1276:Geologic groups of the United States
665:Frontier exploration and development
593:Lexicon of Canadian Geologic Units
569:Lexicon of Canadian Geologic Units
532:Lexicon of Canadian Geologic Units
316:Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin
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325:, and was first described in the
644:Western Canada Sedimentary Basin
261:
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148:up to 350 metres (1,150 ft)
1271:Geologic groups of Saskatchewan
330:Woodley Sinclair Cantuar X-2-21
479:It is equivalent to the upper
452:; up to 27 depositional cycles
1:
472:and conformably overlays the
332:well by A.D Baillie in 1953.
700:Northwestern Alberta Plains
464:Relationship to other units
1292:
1266:Geologic groups of Alberta
487:and the lower part of the
481:Beaverhill Lake Formation
455:300 m (980 ft)
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727:Northern Rocky Mountains
424:45 m (150 ft)
417:Lower: non-argillaceous
713:North-central foothills
660:Oil sands and heavy oil
684:Depositional regions
573:"Birdbear Formation"
536:"Saskatchewan Group"
889:Beaverhill Lake GRP
670:Natural gas liquids
652:Hydrocarbon history
597:"Duperow Formation"
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25:Stratigraphic range
767:Porcupine Hills FM
398:Birdbear Formation
301:Saskatchewan Group
218:Saskatchewan Group
207:50.355°N 106.902°W
115:Birdbear Formation
19:Saskatchewan Group
1253:
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1220:Stony Mountain FM
1098:Mission Canyon FM
1056:Gypsum Springs FM
710:North-east Plains
470:Three Forks Group
461:
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432:Duperow Formation
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293:A.D Baillie, 1953
129:Three Forks Group
119:Duperow Formation
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1154:Saskatchewan GRP
947:Judith River GRP
917:Cypress Hills FM
762:Cypress Hills FM
753:Southern Alberta
705:Canadian Rockies
691:Southern Alberta
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1198:Winnipegosis FM
1176:Souris River FM
1132:Three Forks GRP
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899:Canadian Shield
884:Cooking Lake FM
782:Belly River GRP
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495:, and with the
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1210:Interlake FM
1171:Manitoba GRP
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1120:Lodgepole FM
1041:Shaunavon FM
982:Colorado GRP
927:Frenchman FM
909:Saskatchewan
807:Colorado GRP
777:Edmonton GRP
737:Saskatchewan
600:. Retrieved
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576:. Retrieved
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505:North Dakota
478:
476:carbonates.
467:
421:and dolomite
367:
364:Subdivisions
355:
352:Distribution
339:
326:
323:Saskatchewan
320:
300:
298:
284:Saskatchewan
275:Type section
1240:Deadwood FM
1235:Winnipeg FM
1159:Birdbear FM
1071:Madison GRP
1034:Sawtooth FM
1014:Vanguard FM
967:Lea Park FM
962:Foremost FM
932:Whitemud FM
864:Crowfoot FM
832:Sawtooth FM
792:Foremost FM
722:Fort Nelson
717:Liard River
675:Natural gas
210: /
197:106°54′07″W
184:Coordinates
1260:Categories
1193:Prairie FM
1164:Duperow FM
1147:Torquay FM
1076:Charles FM
1061:Watrous FM
1029:Rierdon FM
1007:Success FM
1002:Cantuar FM
972:Pakowki FM
942:Bearpaw FM
937:Eastend FM
859:Wabamun FM
839:Rundle GRP
827:Rierdon FM
797:Pakowki FM
602:2010-01-09
578:2010-01-09
541:2010-01-01
511:References
392:Reference
346:evaporites
344:with thin
342:carbonates
216: (
194:50°21′18″N
1230:Yeoman FM
1225:Herald FM
1203:Ashern FM
1137:Bakken FM
1103:Kisbey SS
1086:Ratcliffe
1019:Ellis GRP
987:Viking FM
957:Oldman FM
874:Ireton FM
854:Bakken FM
849:Exshaw FM
817:Ellis GRP
787:Oldman FM
707:foothills
446:anhydrite
442:limestone
419:limestone
415:interbeds
413:evaporite
389:Thickness
384:Lithology
336:Lithology
328:Mobil Oil
280:Named for
172:Evaporite
162:Carbonate
153:Lithology
145:Thickness
125:Underlies
111:Sub-units
1046:Piper FM
1024:Swift FM
997:Pense FM
879:Leduc FM
869:Nisku FM
844:Banff FM
822:Swift FM
743:Manitoba
741:Western
437:Frasnian
409:dolomite
403:Frasnian
375:Sub-unit
309:Frasnian
307:unit of
290:Named by
178:Location
135:Overlies
31:Frasnian
1113:Tilston
501:Montana
407:Upper:
314:in the
245:Country
158:Primary
1091:Midale
1081:Poplar
755:plains
483:, the
450:halite
266:
257:Canada
254:
231:Region
1108:Alida
411:with
303:is a
168:Other
503:and
387:Max.
299:The
235:WCSB
101:Type
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499:in
491:in
380:Age
312:age
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