Musgravetown Group

Stratigraphic range: Ediacaran

PreꞒ

Ꞓ

Type

Group

Sub-units

Crown Hill Formation

Rocky Harbour Formation

(in Random Island map area^[1])

Trinny Cove Fm

(elsewhere?)^[2]

(Heart's Desire Fm) ^[2]
Heart's Content Fm

(on Cape St Mary's Peninsula^[3])

Maturin Ponds Fm
Big Head Fm
Bull Arm Formation^[4]^[5]

Underlies

Bonavista Group (unconformably)

Overlies

Connecting Point Group

Location

Region

Newfoundland

Country

Canada

Occurrence of the Musgravetown Group in southeastern Newfoundland

The Musgravetown Group is a terminal Ediacaran stratigraphic group of terrestrialish sandstones, lavas and tuffs^[4] cropping out in Newfoundland.

It corresponds temporally to the Signal Hill Group further east.

References

^ Myrow, P (1995). "Neoproterozoic rocks of the Newfoundland Avalon Zone". Precambrian Research. 73 (1–4): 123–136. Bibcode:1995PreR...73..123M. doi:10.1016/0301-9268(94)00074-2.
^ ^a ^b A. F. King, S. P. Colman-Sadd; J. P. Hayes (eds.), GEOLOGY OF THE AVALON PENINSULA, NEWFOUNDLAND (parts of 1K, 1L, 1M, 1N and 2C) Map 88-01 (Digital reproduction) (PDF)
^ http://www.nr.gov.nl.ca/nr/mines/geoscience/publications/report06_02.pdf. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help); Missing or empty |title= (help)
^ ^a ^b http://www.nr.gov.nl.ca/nr/mines/geoscience/publications/currentresearch/2005/obrien.pdf. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help); Missing or empty |title= (help)
^ Normore, L.S. (2012). Geology of the Random Island map area (NTS 2C/04), Newfoundland. Curr. Res. Newfoundl. Labrador Dep. Nat. Resour. Geol. Surv. Report 12-, 121–145.