Manitoba Group
| Manitoba Group | |
|---|---|
| Stratigraphic range: | |
| Type | Geological group |
| Sub-units | Souris River Formation Hubbard Evaporite Dawson Bay Formation |
| Underlies | Duperow Formation 9Saskatchewan Group |
| Overlies | Prairie Evaporite Formation, Winnipegosis Formation (Elk Point Group) |
| Thickness | up to 244 metres (800 ft) |
| Lithology | |
| Primary | Shale, carbonate, evaporite |
| Location | |
| Region | WCSB |
| Country | Canada |
| Type section | |
| Named for | Manitoba |
| Named by | A.D. Baillie, 1953 |
The Manitoba Group is a stratigraphic unit of middle to late Devonian age in the Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin.
The group takes its name from the province of Manitoba, and was first defined by A.D. Baillie in 1953.