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Athabasca Uranium Landslides Western Canada Sedimentary Basin

At over 3,000 m, Mount Packenham towers over the Kananaskis Valley, Alberta, about 6 km south of the Fortress Mountain ski area. In this aerial view, Mount Packenham is clearly seen to be part of a ridge, which is composed of resistant Late Paleozoic carbonate and siliciclastic rocks. Less resistant Triassic-Jurassic siliciclastic rocks underlie the lower slopes. Faults (especially thrusts) and folds (one is evident at centre right, in a steep creek gully) are a big part of the geological story. The Lewis Thrust, here near its northern termination, accounts for the structural repeat on the lower ridge of the stratigraphy of Mount Packenham and its neighbours. (Photograph by Ron Garnett - Airscapes)

At over 3,000 m, Mount Packenham towers over the Kananaskis Valley, Alberta, about 6 km south of the Fortress Mountain ski area. In this aerial view, Mount Packenham is clearly seen to be part of a ridge, which is composed of resistant Late Paleozoic carbonate and siliciclastic rocks. Less resistant Triassic-Jurassic siliciclastic rocks underlie the lower slopes. Faults (especially thrusts) and folds (one is evident at centre right, in a steep creek gully) are a big part of the geological story. The Lewis Thrust, here near its northern termination, accounts for the structural repeat on the lower ridge of the stratigraphy of Mount Packenham and its neighbours.
(Photograph by Ron Garnett - Airscapes)
Date Modified: 2007-12-04

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