Rockslide Formation Explained

Rockslide Formation
Type:	Formation
Period:	Drumian
Region:	Northwest Territories
Country:	Canada

The Rockslide Formation is a geologic formation in Northwest Territories. It preserves fossils dating back to the Drumian (Plagiura-Pogiella to Bolaspidella Zone).^[1]

It was deposited in deep water on a reasonably distal slope; it contains carbonates, debris flows and siliciclastic siltstones, the latter being the fossil bearing horizons.^[1] It also contains deep-water microbial reefs.^[2]

See also

• List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Northwest Territories

References

• Web site: Fossilworks: Gateway to the Paleobiology Database. ((Various Contributors to the Paleobiology Database)). 17 December 2021.

Notes and References

1. Julien Kimmig & Brian R. Pratt . 2015 . Soft-bodied biota from the middle Cambrian (Drumian) Rockslide Formation,Mackenzie Mountains, northwestern Canada . . 89 . 1 . 51–71 . 10.1017/jpa.2014.5 . 130268424 .
2. Deep-Water Girvanella-Epiphyton Reef On A Mid-Cambrian Continental Slope, Rockslide Formation, Mackenzie Mountains, Northwest Territories. 1988 . 161–164 . Pratt . Brian R. .