Gething Formation
| Gething Formation | |
|---|---|
| Stratigraphic range: Barremian-early Albian ~ | |
| Type | Geological formation |
| Unit of | Bullhead Group |
| Underlies | Fort St. John Group, Bluesky Formation |
| Overlies | Cadomin Formation |
| Thickness | up to 550 metres (1,800 ft) |
| Lithology | |
| Primary | Sandstone, siltstone |
| Other | Conglomerate, coal, shale |
| Location | |
| Coordinates | 56°00′18″N 122°14′23″W / 56.00504°N 122.23972°W |
| Approximate paleocoordinates | 57°42′N 70°00′W / 57.7°N 70.0°W |
| Region | Canadian Rockies foothills, western Alberta, northeastern British Columbia |
| Country | Canada |
| Type section | |
| Named for | Gething Creek, Gething Mountain, Gething mine |
| Named by | McLearn, F.H. |
| Year defined | 1923 |
Gething Formation is a stratigraphic unit of Lower Cretaceous (Aptian) age in the Western Canada Sedimentary Basin. It is present in northeastern British Columbia and western Alberta, and includes economically important coal deposits.
The formation is named for Gething Creek, a right tributary of the Peace River west of Hudson's Hope, and the nearby Gething Mountain. It was first described by F.H. McLearn in 1923 in the Peace River Canyon, an area that was partly inundated in 1968 by the Williston Lake after the construction of the W. A. C. Bennett Dam.