Gowganda formation

Unit Name: Gowganda formation
Unit Type: Lithostratigraphic
Rank: Formation
Status: Undefined
Usage: Currently in use
Age Interval: Precambrian (4600 - 541 ma)
Age Justification: Rb/Sr age: 2288+/-87
Province/Territory: Ontario; Quebec

Originator: Logan, W.E., 1847, GSC Rept. of Prog. for 1846-1847, p. 32-34; Collins, W.H., 1917, GSC Mem. 95, p. 63.

Age Determinations:

Method - Rb/Sr; Age - 2288; Err_Minus - 87; Err_Plus - 87..

Other Citations:

Logan, W.E., 1847, GSC Rept. of Prog. for 1846-1847, p. 32-34; Collins, W.H., 1917, GSC Mem. 95, p. 63.

Source: Murray Frarey's Precambrian Lexicon
Entry Reviewed: No
Name Set: Lithostratigraphic Lexicon
LastChange: 21 Jun 2018