Gog Group
| Gog Group | |
|---|---|
| Stratigraphic range: | |
Trace fossils in a slab from the Gog Group. | |
| Type | Group |
| Sub-units | see text |
| Underlies | Mount Whyte Formation, Chancellor Group, Snake Indian Formation |
| Overlies | Miette Group |
| Thickness | up to 2,180 metres (7,150 ft) |
| Lithology | |
| Primary | Quartzose sandstone, quartzite, conglomerate |
| Other | Siltstone, mudstone, limestone, dolomite |
| Location | |
| Region | Alberta British Columbia |
| Country | Canada |
| Type section | |
| Named by | C.F. Deiss, 1940 |
The Gog Group is a stratigraphic unit in the Western Canada Sedimentary Basin. It is present in the eastern and western main ranges of the Canadian Rockies in Alberta and British Columbia. It was named by C.F. Deiss in 1940 after Gog Lake near its type locality at Wonder Pass near Mount Assiniboine.