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Rocky Harbour Formation

Stratigraphic range: Ediacaran
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TypeFormation
Unit ofMusgravetown Group
Lithology
PrimaryMarine Sediments
Location
RegionRocky Harbour Formation Newfoundland
CountryRocky Harbour Formation Canada
Type section
Named byJenness 1963

Occurrence of the Rocky Harbour Formation in southeastern Newfoundland[1]

The Rocky Harbour Formation is a formation cropping out in Newfoundland. Its depositional setting was deltaic, with sediments showing the influence of tides and waves.[2]

  1. ^ "Newfoundland & Labrador Geoscience Atlas".
  2. ^ 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 12-1, 121–145.

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