Belly River Group
The Belly River Formation is a stratigraphical unit of Late Cretaceous age in the Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin. It takes the name from the Belly River, a tributary of the Oldman River in southern Alberta, and was first described in outcrop on the banks of the Oldman River (at the time considered part of the Belly River) and Bow River by George Mercer Dawson in 1883.
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Belly River Group
The Belly River Formation is a stratigraphical unit of Late Cretaceous age in the Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin. It takes the name from the Belly River, a tributary of the Oldman River in southern Alberta, and was first described in outcrop on the banks of the Oldman River (at the time considered part of the Belly River) and Bow River by George Mercer Dawson in 1883.
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The Belly River Formation is a ...... George Mercer Dawson in 1883.
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Belly River beds exposed along the Oldman River
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Belly River Formation
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George Mercer Dawson, 1883
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Northeast Plains
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Late Cretaceous
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The Belly River Formation is a ...... George Mercer Dawson in 1883.
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Belly River Group
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4.963161e+1
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