Rabbitkettle Formation

For the hot springs, see Rabbitkettle Hot Springs.

The Rabbitkettle Formation is a geologic formation in the Yukon, comprising thin bedded silty and occasionally siliciclastic limestones deposited in deep (below storm wave base) waters.^[2][1] It preserves fossils dating back to the Ordovician period.

Rabbitkettle Formation
Stratigraphic range: Late Cambrian – Tremadocian[1] PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Type	Formation
Underlies	Road River Formation Whiterock Formation Sunblood Formation Broken Skull Formation (also laterally equivalent)
Overlies	Sekwi Formation (unconformably)[2]
Thickness	750 m
Location
Region	Yukon
Country	Canada

According to ^[1] it:

• Starts in the Late Cambrian; ends in late Tremadoc
• reaches 750m in thickness
• transitional slope facies
• Alternation of black calcareous mudstones and grey, burrowed wackestones

See also

• Earth sciences portal
• Canada portal
• Paleontology portal

• List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Yukon