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Bulletin of Canadian Petroleum Geology
Vol. 12 (1964), No. 4. (December), Pages 922-923

Geology of the Wasootch Creek Map-Area, Alberta [Abstract]

D. L. Scott

The Wasootch Creek area is representative of the Rocky Mountain Front Range of southern Alberta. It is underlain by rocks of the Middle Cambrian, Upper Devonian, Mississippian, Permian and Lower Triassic, of which carbonates constitute the largest part. The Cambrian formations are correlated with the Eldon, Pika and Arctomys of the Bow Valley region. The Previous HitGhostTop River or Arctomys Formation has been removed on one fault block by pre-Devonian erosion.

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The area is bounded on the west by the Cascade Coal Basin and on the east by the McConnell fault. Between these two structures are several high angle, westward dipping, reverse faults named from west to east Lac des Arcs, Exshaw, Porcupine, and West McConnell. Mature disection of the fault blocks has produced excellent correlation of rock hardness with topography. The McConnell fault consists of two thrusts which merge at Kananaskis Gap. South of Kananaskis Gap the two thrusts are designated McConnell and West McConnell.

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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS AND ASSOCIATED FOOTNOTES

1959, M.Sc., University of British Columbia

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