Usage:
Woodbend Formation (MT,ND)
Geologic age:
Late Devonian
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name: (See Canadian Lexicon)
Type section (subsurface): depth-interval 5,056 to 6,200 ft, British American Pyrcz No. 1 well, LSD 12-25-50-26 West of 4th Meridian (W4M), Edmonton area, Alberta, Canada (Layer, 1950).
AAPG geologic province:
Williston basin
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