ヘルクリーク累層(ヘルクリークるいそう、英語: Hell Creek Formation)は、北アメリカ大陸に存在する白亜紀後期と暁新世の地層である。命名はモンタナ州ジョーダン近郊のヘルクリークに由来する。この地層はモンタナ州、ノースダコタ州、サウスダコタ州、そしてワイオミング州にまたがっている。モンタナ州では、ヘルクリーク累層はフォックスヒルズ累層の上に堆積している。ポンピーズピラー国立記念公園のポンピーズピラーはヘルクリーク累層のごく小さなセクションの1つである。
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