Cedar District Formation Stratigraphic range: Cretaceous (Campanian) |
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Type | Formation |
Unit of | Nanaimo Group |
Underlies | Denman/De Courcy Formation |
Overlies | Protection Formation |
Area | Southeastern Vancouver Island, Gulf Islands, San Juan Islands |
Location | |
Region | British Columbia, Washington (state) |
Country | Canada, United States |
Type section | |
Named for | Cedar District on Vancouver Island |
The Cedar District Formation is a geologic formation exposed on Vancouver Island, the Gulf Islands of British Columbia and San Juan Islands of Washington (state). It preserves fossils dating back to the Campanian Epoch of the Cretaceous period. It dates to the lower mid-Campanian.