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Geologic Unit: Lyleton

Usage:

Lyleton Formation (ND)
Lyleton Formation of Qu'Appelle Group (Canada)


Geologic age:

Late Devonian


Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name: (See Canadian Lexicon)

["Type section"] (subsurface): depth-interval 4,080 to 4,160 ft, Robert Moore No. 1 well, LSD 5-20-1-27 West of Principal Meridian (WPM), southwestern Manitoba, Canada (CSPG Western Canada Lexicon).


AAPG geologic province:

Williston basin


For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.

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