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Schooler Creek Group

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Higgs, R. "Sedimentology and Petroleum Geology of the Artex Member (Charlie Lake Formation), Northeast British Columbia ." Bulletin of Canadian Petroleum Geology 38.1 (1990): 166-166.
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in northeastern British Columbia, where it reaches its maximum thickness of 730 feet (220 m). In the subsurface, it extends throughout the plains of the
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Arnold, K.J. Origin and distribution of aeolian sandstones in the Triassic Charlie Lake Formation, northeastern British Columbia. 1996.
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Fefchak, Chelsea (Oct 2, 2011). "Sedimentology of the Charlie Lake Formation".
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The Schooler Creek Group has the following sub-divisions from top to base:
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McLearn, F.H., 1921. Mesozoic of upper Peace River, British Columbia
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has its type locality at Pardonet Hill, on the south shore of the
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Thesis, University of Alberta 911:Lexicon of Canadian Geologic Units 887:Lexicon of Canadian Geologic Units 863:Lexicon of Canadian Geologic Units 839:Lexicon of Canadian Geologic Units 815:Lexicon of Canadian Geologic Units 778:Lexicon of Canadian Geologic Units 352:Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin 25: 1571: 703:. Deposited in a series of sand 433:in the foothills of the northern 1027:Western Canada Sedimentary Basin 354:. It is present in northeastern 294: 276: 50: 968: 945: 629:, dolomite, with interbeds of 524: 424: 936: 927: 903: 879: 855: 831: 807: 794: 513:. It conformably overlies the 13: 1: 763: 497:The Schooler Creek Group is 381: 259:Pacific Fort St. John No. 16 7: 1083:Northwestern Alberta Plains 802:Geological Survey of Canada 755:416 metres (1,360 ft) 722:550 metres (1,800 ft) 674:500 metres (1,640 ft) 493:Relationship to other units 174:up to 730 feet (220 m) 10: 1576: 1560:Triassic British Columbia 1134: 1066: 1033: 639:146 metres (480 ft) 609:137 metres (450 ft) 429:The Schooler Creek Group 312: 307: 289: 271: 223: 218: 197: 183: 178: 170: 156: 138: 126: 116: 37: 32: 1110:Northern Rocky Mountains 915:"Charlie Lake Formation" 577:63 metres (210 ft) 1096:North-central foothills 1043:Oil sands and heavy oil 782:"Schooler Creek Group" 681:Charlie Lake Formation 633:and very fine grained 469:56.05328°N 123.01889°W 891:"Ludington Formation" 867:"Baldonnel Formation" 1067:Depositional regions 843:"Pardonet Formation" 745:, with interbeds of 474:56.05328; -123.01889 324:Schooler Creek Group 248:56.2769°N 120.9836°W 33:Schooler Creek Group 1425:Beaverhill Lake GRP 1053:Natural gas liquids 1035:Hydrocarbon history 980:"Halfway Formation" 646:Ludington Formation 617:Baldonnel Formation 511:Fort St. John Group 464: /  439:Peace River Country 394:, with subordinate 243: /  151:Fort St. John Group 132:Baldonnel Formation 39:Stratigraphic range 1275:Schooler Creek GRP 819:"Bocock Formation" 584:Pardonet Formation 443:Pardonet Formation 316:F.H. 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Index

Pardonet Formation
Stratigraphic range
Ladinian
Norian
PreꞒ

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Geological group
Baldonnel Formation
Fernie
Bullhead
Fort St. John Group
Toad Formation
Doig Formation
Limestone
dolomite
Siltstone
shale
evaporite
minerals
Coordinates

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