Mooring Cove Formation

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Mooring Cove Formation
Stratigraphic range: 555 – 549 Ma
TypeFormation
Unit of
UnderliesRencontre Formation[1]
Lithology
PrimaryNon-marine felsic volcanics
Location
RegionNewfoundland
CountryCanada
Mooring Cove Formation map.svg
Occurrence of the Mooring Cove Formation in southeastern Newfoundland[2]

The Mooring Cove Formation is a formation of volcanic rock exposed in outcrops in Newfoundland.[1]

References[]

  1. ^ a b Simon A. Smith; Richard N. Hiscott (1984). "Latest Precambrian to Early Cambrian basin evolution, Fortune Bay, Newfoundland: fault-bounded basin to platform". Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences. 21 (12): 1379–1392. doi:10.1139/e84-143.
  2. ^ "Newfoundland & Labrador Geoscience Atlas".
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