Ellerslie Member
| Ellerslie Member | |
|---|---|
| Stratigraphic range: | |
| Type | Member |
| Unit of | Mannville Group |
| Underlies | Ostracod Beds |
| Overlies | Rundle Group |
| Thickness | up to 70 metres (230 ft) |
| Lithology | |
| Primary | Sandstone |
| Other | Shale, Siltstone |
| Location | |
| Coordinates | 53°23′46″N 113°35′54″W / 53.396°N 113.5982°W |
| Region | Alberta, Saskatchewan |
| Country | Canada |
| Type section | |
| Named for | Ellerslie, Edmonton |
| Named by | Hunt, 1950 |
The Ellerslie Member is a stratigraphic unit of Early Cretaceous age in the Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin.
It takes the name from Ellerslie, a community in southern Edmonton, and was first described in Imperial Oil's Whitemud No. 3 well by C. Warren Hunt in 1950.