Heart's Content Formation | |
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Stratigraphic range: | |
Type | Formation |
Unit of | Musgravetown Group |
Thickness | 600-1000 m[1] |
Lithology | |
Primary | Marine sediments |
Location | |
Region | Newfoundland |
Country | Canada |
Type section | |
Named by | King, 1988 |
Occurrence of the Heart's Content Formation in southeastern Newfoundland[2] |
The Heart's Content Formation is a formation of dark grey/black shales and mudstones, with occasional silts and sands, cropping out in Newfoundland.[3]
References
- ↑ Fletcher, T. P. (2006). "Bedrock geology of the Cape St. Mary's Peninsula, southwest Avalon Peninsula, Newfoundland" (PDF): 117.
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- ↑ Fletcher, T. P. (2006). "Bedrock geology of the Cape St. Mary's Peninsula, southwest Avalon Peninsula, Newfoundland" (PDF): 117.
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