The Muskiki Formation is a stratigraphical unit of Late Cretaceous age in the Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin .
5-616: The formation is named after Muskiki Lake and Muskiki Creek, a tributary of the Cardinal River , and was first described in an outcrop along the Thistle Creek, north of Muskiki Lake, in the Bighorn Range, by D.F. Stott in 1963. The name is of Cree origin ("maskihkîy"), meaning medicine . The Muskiki Formation is composed of shale with pebbly mudstone . Poorly sorted sandstone and concretionary beds also occur. In
10-771: Is a short river in western Alberta , Canada . It flows from the Canadian Rockies , and empties into the Brazeau River , itself a major tributary of the North Saskatchewan River . At its origin, just east of Jasper National Park , the Cardinal River forms in a basin between Tripoli, Cheviot , Prospect, Climax, and Blackface Mountains , as well as Mount Cardinal , in the Nikanassin Range . From there it flows east, through
15-821: Is conformably underlain by the Cardium Formation and conformably overlain by the Bad Heart Formation . The Kaskapau Formation in northern Alberta replaces the upper Blackstone Formation , the Cardium Formation , and the Muskiki Formation. Where the Kaskapau Formation includes post Cardium beds, the Muskiki is considered a member of the Wapiabi Formation . Cardinal River (Alberta) Cardinal River
20-484: The eastern slopes of the Canadian Rockies and into the foothills. A portion of Grave Flats Road follows the river before it reaches the Bighorn Highway , where it empties into the Brazeau River south of Pembina Forks. The Cardinal river and other surrounding landmarks are named for Jacques Cardinal , a local fur trader . His grave is located on the banks of the river. This article related to
25-668: The western areal it becomes more silty . The Muskiki Formation is 99 metres (320 ft) thick at its type locality at Thistle Creek. It thins out towards the south and east. It occurs in the Canadian Rockies foothills from the Highwood River in the south to the Berland River, north of the Athabasca River and into north-eastern British Columbia . The Muskiki Formationis is part of the Smoky Group . It
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