Rabbitkettle Formation

Rabbitkettle Formation
Stratigraphic range: Late Cambrian – Tremadocian^[1]

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Type	Formation
Underlies	Road River Formation; ; Sunblood Formation; Broken Skull Formation (also laterally equivalent);
Overlies	Sekwi Formation (unconformably)
Thickness	750 m
Location
Region	Yukon
Country	Canada

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

References[]

^ ^a ^b ^c http://paleoarchive.com/literature/Bruton1984-07-Barnes-EustaticEventsCanada.pdf^{[bare URL PDF]}
^ ^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.

Various Contributors to the Paleobiology Database. "Fossilworks: Gateway to the Paleobiology Database". Retrieved 17 December 2021. {{cite web}}: |author= has generic name (help)

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[Bruton1984-1] ttp://paleoarchive.com/literature/Bruton1984-07-Barnes-EustaticEventsCanada.pdf^{[bare URL PDF]}

[Pratt1988-2] 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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Rabbitkettle Formation

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