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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
643:The Kaskapau Formation is equivalent to the sum of
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745:, Report of Progress 1879-1880, Part B, p. 1-77.
431:, in north-eastern Alberta it correlates with
308:occurs at the base and is transitional to the
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399:shale are replacing the upper parts of the
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327:in the southern reaches of the Group, in
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355:sandstone is up to 8m thick, while the
347:area and thins towards the east in the
343:The Kaskapau Shale reaches 477m in the
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956:Frontier exploration and development
1463:Geologic groups of British Columbia
379:The Smoky Group is conformably and
884:Lexicon of Canadian Geologic Units
860:Lexicon of Canadian Geologic Units
836:Lexicon of Canadian Geologic Units
807:Lexicon of Canadian Geologic Units
780:Lexicon of Canadian Geologic Units
756:Lexicon of Canadian Geologic Units
718:Lexicon of Canadian Geologic Units
288:The Smoky Group is represented by
263:Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin
14:
107:Kaskapau Shale exposed along the
935:Western Canada Sedimentary Basin
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672:
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387:and rests conformably on the
167:up to 1,100 feet (340 m)
1473:Cretaceous British Columbia
991:Northwestern Alberta Plains
743:Geological Survey of Canada
557:900 m (2,950 ft)
375:Relationship to other units
268:It takes the name from the
1489:
1458:Geologic groups of Alberta
521:medium to coarse grained
504:200 m (660 ft)
100:
23:
1018:Northern Rocky Mountains
564:Basal sandstone tongues
257:unit of Late Cretaceous
1004:North-central foothills
951:Oil sands and heavy oil
580:fine to medium grained
367:foothills of northeast
760:"Puskwaskau Formation"
629:massive, fine grained
612:25 m (80 ft)
530:8 m (30 ft)
316:Hydrocarbon production
840:"Howard Creek Member"
784:"Bad Heart Formation"
635:9 m (30 ft)
589:4 m (10 ft)
323:is produced from the
975:Depositional regions
888:"Pouce Coupe Member"
811:"Kaskapau Formation"
645:Blackstone Formation
481:Puskwaskau Formation
437:Kotaneelee Formation
405:Blackstone Formation
357:Puskwaskau Formation
278:George Mercer Dawson
241:George Mercer Dawson
130:Puskwaskau Formation
1333:Beaverhill Lake GRP
961:Natural gas liquids
943:Hydrocarbon history
679:Bad Heart Sandstone
570:Howard Creek Member
512:Bad Heart Formation
353:Bad Heart Formation
134:Bad Heart Formation
25:Stratigraphic range
1468:Cretaceous Alberta
1183:Schooler Creek GRP
864:"Doe Creek Member"
620:Pouce Coupe Member
538:Kaskapau Formation
425:Lea Park Formation
401:Kaskapau Formation
389:Dunvegan Formation
310:Dunvegan Formation
274:Pouce Coupe Rivers
158:Dunvegan Formation
138:Kaskapau Formation
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1348:Fort Vermilion FM
1112:Fort St. John GRP
1001:North-east Plains
653:Muskiki Formation
649:Cardium Formation
641:
640:
433:Labiche Formation
413:Wapiabi Formation
409:Cardium Formation
345:Pouce Coupe River
325:Cardium Formation
247:
246:
109:Pouce Coupe River
1480:
1375:Sulphur Point FM
1360:Watt Mountain FM
1171:Poker Chip Shale
1043:Northwest plains
996:Canadian Rockies
982:Southern Alberta
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813:. Archived from
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667:Paskwaskau Shale
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597:Doe Creek Member
454:
423:consists of the
383:followed by the
369:British Columbia
365:Canadian Rockies
333:northern Alberta
208:British Columbia
120:Geological group
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1437:Canadian Shield
1326:Cooking Lake FM
1311:Fort Simpson FM
1193:Charlie Lake FM
1127:Spirit River FM
1095:Pouce Coupe MBR
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987:Central Alberta
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391:sandstone. The
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1279:Trout River FM
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1380:Pine Point FM
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1370:Presqu’ile FM
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1355:Elk Point GRP
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1343:Swan Hills FM
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1230:Kiskatinaw FM
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1156:Nikanassin FM
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1070:Puskwaskau FM
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1430:Granite Wash
1420:Ernestina FM
1415:Cold Lake FM
1410:Chinchaga FM
1400:Keg River FM
1365:Gillwood MBR
1338:Waterways FM
1301:Woodbend GRP
1220:Stoddart GRP
1188:Baldonnel FM
1134:Bullhead GRP
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1028:Saskatchewan
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447:Subdivisions
385:Wapiti Group
378:
361:Spirit River
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339:Distribution
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267:
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248:
222:Type section
148:Wapiti Group
1405:Rainbow MBR
1395:Black Shale
1321:Duvernay FM
1289:Redknife FM
1176:Nordegg MBR
1107:Dunvegan FM
1090:Kaskapau FM
1075:Badheart FM
1055:Scollard FM
1050:Paskapoo FM
1013:Fort Nelson
1008:Liard River
966:Natural gas
582:glauconitic
441:Liard River
349:Smoky River
270:Smoky River
251:Smoky Group
231:Smoky River
19:Smoky Group
1452:Categories
1306:Irteton FM
1274:Wabamun FM
1257:Pekisko FM
1242:Rundle GRP
1210:Montney FM
1198:Halfway FM
1161:Fernie GRP
1149:Cadomin FM
1144:Gething FM
1139:Bluesky FM
1085:Cardium FM
1080:Muskiki FM
1060:Wapiti GRP
893:2009-02-11
869:2009-02-11
845:2009-02-11
821:2009-02-11
789:2009-02-11
765:2009-02-11
727:2009-02-11
697:References
625:Cenomanian
602:Cenomanian
576:Cenomanian
475:Reference
351:area. The
1385:Muskeg FM
1284:Kakisa FM
1269:Exshaw FM
1252:Shunda FM
1247:Debolt FM
1235:Golata FM
1215:Belloy FM
1065:Smoky GRP
998:foothills
631:sandstone
608:sandstone
585:sandstone
547:Coniacian
526:sandstone
517:Coniacian
499:siltstone
486:Santonian
472:Thickness
467:Lithology
306:Sandstone
304:streaks.
302:bentonite
298:ironstone
284:Lithology
280:in 1881.
227:Named for
189:siltstone
185:sandstone
172:Lithology
164:Thickness
144:Underlies
126:Sub-units
1390:Zama MBR
1316:Leduc FM
1264:Banff FM
1034:Manitoba
1032:Western
543:Turonian
458:Sub-unit
237:Named by
195:Location
154:Overlies
1205:Doig FM
439:in the
415:of the
397:Muskiki
393:Cardium
261:in the
243:, 1881.
214:Country
204:Alberta
177:Primary
523:marine
492:marine
443:area.
292:silty
290:marine
217:Canada
200:Region
574:late
553:shale
495:shale
490:dark
296:with
294:shale
253:is a
181:Shale
651:and
501:beds
470:Max.
411:and
331:and
300:and
249:The
116:Type
37:PreꞒ
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463:Age
321:Gas
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