Paskapoo Formation
The Paskapoo Formation is a stratigraphic unit of Middle to Late Paleocene age in the Western Canada Sedimentary Basin. The Paskapoo underlies much of southwestern Alberta, and takes the name from the Blindman River (paskapoo means "blind man" in Cree). It was first described from outcrops along that river, near its confluence with the Red Deer River north of the city of Red Deer, by J.B. Tyrrell in 1887. It is important for its freshwater aquifers, its coal resources, and its fossil record, as well as having been the source of sandstone for the construction of fire-resistant buildings in Calgary during the early 1900s.
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Paskapoo Formation
The Paskapoo Formation is a stratigraphic unit of Middle to Late Paleocene age in the Western Canada Sedimentary Basin. The Paskapoo underlies much of southwestern Alberta, and takes the name from the Blindman River (paskapoo means "blind man" in Cree). It was first described from outcrops along that river, near its confluence with the Red Deer River north of the city of Red Deer, by J.B. Tyrrell in 1887. It is important for its freshwater aquifers, its coal resources, and its fossil record, as well as having been the source of sandstone for the construction of fire-resistant buildings in Calgary during the early 1900s.
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The Paskapoo Formation is a st ...... algary during the early 1900s.
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Outcrop of Paskapoo sandstone in Calgary
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Paskapoo Formation
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J.B. Tyrrell, 1887
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Paskapoo, "blind man" in Cree, from Blindman River
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Paleocene
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Tertiary gravel, Quaternary sediments, present erosional surface
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The Paskapoo Formation is a st ...... algary during the early 1900s.
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Paskapoo Formation
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