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Gaskiers Formation

Stratigraphic range: Ediacaran
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TypeFormation
Unit ofConception Group[1]
UnderliesDrook Formation[1]
OverliesMall Bay Formation
Lithology
PrimaryMarine sediments
Location
RegionNewfoundland and Labrador
CountryCanada

The Gaskiers Formation is a geologic formation in Newfoundland and Labrador. It preserves fossils dating back to the Ediacaran period.

  1. ^ a b A.G. Liu; D. McIlroy (September 2014). "Horizontal Surface Traces from the Fermeuse Formation, Ferryland (Newfoundland, Canada), and their Place within the Late Ediacaran Ichnological Revolution" (PDF). Geological Association of Canada - Special Paper (9).[dead link]

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