Rabbitkettle Formation

Rabbitkettle Formation
Stratigraphic range: Late Cambrian – Tremadocian[1]
TypeFormation
Underlies
OverliesSekwi Formation (unconformably)[2]
Thickness750 m
Location
RegionYukon
CountryCanada

The Rabbitkettle Formation is a geologic formation in the Yukon, comprising thin bedded silty and occasionally siliciclastic limestones deposited in deep (below storm wave base) waters.[2][1] It preserves fossils dating back to the Ordovician period.

According to [1] it:

  • Starts in the Late Cambrian; ends in late Tremadoc
  • reaches 750m in thickness
  • transitional slope facies
  • Alternation of black calcareous mudstones and grey, burrowed wackestones

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c "Early Ordavieian eustatic events in Canada" (PDF). paleoarchive.com. Retrieved 21 May 2023.
  2. ^ a b Pratt, Brian R. (October 1988). "An Ibexian (Early Ordovician) trilobite faunule from the type section of the Rabbitkettle Formation (southern Mackenzie Mountains, Northwest Territories)". Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences. 25 (10): 1595–1607. doi:10.1139/e88-152.

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