Resolving stratigraphic architecture and constraining ages of paralic strata in a low‐accommodation setting, Firebag Tributary, McMurray Formation, Canada

• Published in: The depositional record Vol. 8; no. 2; pp. 754 - 785
• Main Authors: Rinke‐Hardekopf, Lucian, Dashtgard, Shahin E., MacEachern, James A., Gingras, Murray K.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Hoboken John Wiley & Sons, Inc 01.06.2022; Wiley
• Subjects: Coal; delta plains; Flooding; geochronology; Oil sands; palaeosol; Paleoshorelines; paralic strata; Sea level; Stratigraphy; Tidal marshes; Tributaries; Woodlands; Canada; Canadian Shield

The McMurray Formation in McMurray Depocentre, Canada, is typically subdivided into stratigraphic units based on regionally mappable marine mudstones, the bases of which define flooding surfaces (bottom to top: Lower McMurray, C2, C1, B2, B1, A2, A1 depositional unit). However, the McMurray Formatio...