Alkali Canyon Formation
Stratigraphic range: Tortonian-Zanclean (Hemphillian)
~10.3–4.9 Ma

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Type| Formation
Unit of| Dalles Group
Overlies| Columbia River Basalt Group
Lithology
Primary| Sandstone
Other| Tuff
Location
Coordinates|  [ ⚑ ] : 45°42′N 120°12′W﻿ / ﻿45.7°N 120.2°W﻿ / 45.7; -120.2
Paleocoordinates|  [ ⚑ ] 45°36′N 117°30′W﻿ / ﻿45.6°N 117.5°W﻿ / 45.6; -117.5
Region| Gilliam & Morrow Counties, Oregon
Country| United States
Extent| Eastern Columbia Basin
Type section
Named for| Alkali Canyon, 16 km (9.9 mi) SW of Arlington
Named by| Farooqui et al.
Year defined| 1981
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The Alkali Canyon Formation is a geologic formation in Oregon. It preserves fossils dating back to the Tortonian to Zanclean stages (Hemphillian) of the Neogene period.[1][2] It is confined to the Arlington basin, and is named after Alkali Canyon, a canyon 16 km southwest of Arlington, Oregon.[3] It was formally defined in 1981 along with the Chenoweth, Tygh Valley, Deschutes, and McKay formations, many of which have historically been called the Dalles Formation.[3] The Arlington basin is filled mainly with epiclastic sediment, derived from fragments of volcanic rock, from the northern flank of the Blue Mountains. The Alkali Canyon Formation is composed of basalt gravel and tuffaceous sediment.[3] The Alkali Canyon Formation overlies the Columbia River Basalt Group, a layer of flood basalt from the middle to late Miocene.[3] It underlies mainly Quaternary loess.[4]

The Arlington basin the formation is located in is bordered by the Columbia Hills anticline on the north, the Service anticline on the east, the Blue Mountains on the south, and by basalt upland to the west.[3]

## See also

* List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Oregon
* Paleontology in Oregon

## References

1. ↑ Alkali Canyon Formation at Fossilworks.org
2. ↑ Alkali Canyon Formation at USGS
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 Farooqui, Saleem M (October 1981). "Dalles Group: Neogene formations overlying the Columbia River Basalt Group in north-central Oregon". Oregon Geology 43 (10): 131. ISSN 0164-3304. https://pubs.oregon.gov/dogami/og/OGv43n10.pdf. Retrieved 25 June 2024.
4. ↑ "Geolex — Significant Publications: Geologic Unit: Alkali Canyon". https://ngmdb.usgs.gov/Geolex/UnitRefs/AlkaliCanyonRefs_4537.html.

### Bibliography

* Shotwell, J. A (1958), "Inter-community relationships in Hemphillian (mid-Pliocene) mammals", Ecology 39 (2): 271–282, doi:10.2307/1931872, Bibcode: 1958Ecol...39..271S

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