Gething Formation
| Gething Formation Stratigraphic range: Barremian-early Albian |
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| Type | Geological formation |
| Unit of | Bullhead Group |
| Underlies | Fort St. John Group, Bluesky Formation |
| Overlies | Cadomin Formation |
| Thickness | up to 550 metres (1,800 ft) |
| Lithology | |
| Primary | Sandstone, siltstone |
| Other | Conglomerate, coal, shale |
| Location | |
| Coordinates | 56°00′18″N 122°14′23″W / 56.00504°N 122.23972°WCoordinates: 56°00′18″N 122°14′23″W / 56.00504°N 122.23972°W |
| Region | Canadian Rockies foothills, western Alberta, north-eastern British Columbia |
| Country |
 Canada
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| Named for | Gething Creek, Gething Mountain |
| Named by | McLearn, F.H., 1923 |
Gething Formation is a stratigraphic unit of Lower Cretaceous (Aptian) age in the Western Canada Sedimentary Basin. It is present in northeastern British Columbia and western Alberta, and includes economically important coal deposits.
The formation is named for Gething Creek, a right tributary of the Peace River west of Hudson's Hope, and the nearby Gething Mountain. It was first described by F.H. McLearn in 1923 in the Peace River Canyon, an area that was partly inundated in 1968 by the Williston Lake after the construction of the W. A. C. Bennett Dam.
The formation consists of alternating units of sandstone and carbonaceous shale or mudstone with some coal seams and conglomerate beds. The sandstones are fine- to coarse-grained, brown weathering, and typically platy to thin bedded, although some are massive. Mudstones are blocky to rubbly, with little lamination. Shale and carbonaceous shale units are fissile and are commonly associated with the coal seams. The sediments are mostly of non-marine origin, deposited in deltaic and coastal plain settings.
The Gething Formation is present in the foothills of the Northern Rocky Mountains and adjacent areas of the plains, extending from the Peace River region in northeastern British Columbia to the Smoky River area of western Alberta. In the Peace River Country, it reaches a thickness of 550 meters (1,800 ft), while in the Smoky River area it is 75 meters (246 ft) thick. North of the Peace River at Carbon Creek, it reaches 1,000 meters (3,300 ft).
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