formation
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The company has two core energy-producing assets—in the best part of the Permian Basin and in the Montney Formation in Canada.
From Barron's • May 15, 2026
ARC’s resources are in a section of Western Canada known as the Montney Formation, a shale formation that is known mostly for holding natural gas but also contains liquids.
From Barron's • Apr. 27, 2026
The fossil was collected from the middle Cambrian Wheeler Formation in Utah's House Range.
From Science Daily • Apr. 3, 2026
A puzzling fossil from the Late Devonian Gogo Formation in WA has now been examined using advanced imaging techniques such as CT scanning and computed tomography.
From Science Daily • Mar. 12, 2026
Sociologists Michael Omi and Howard Winant make a similar point in their book Racial Formation in the United States.
From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander
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Geological Features
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