Kakisa Formation
The Kakisa Formation is a stratigraphical unit of Frasnian age in the Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin.
| Kakisa Formation | |
|---|---|
| Stratigraphic range: | |
| Type | Geological formation |
| Underlies | Trout River Formation |
| Overlies | Redknife Formation, Fort Simpson Formation |
| Thickness | up to 57 metres (190 ft) |
| Lithology | |
| Primary | Limestone |
| Location | |
| Coordinates | 60.785°N 121.077°W |
| Region | British Columbia Northwest Territories |
| Country | Canada |
| Type section | |
| Named for | Kakisa River |
| Named by | H.R. Belyea, D.J. McLaren, 1962 |
It takes the name from the Kakisa River, a tributary of the Mackenzie River, and was first described in outcrop on the banks of the Trout River by H.R. Belyea and D.J. McLaren in 1962.
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