Heart's Content Formation

Heart's Content Formation
Heart's Content Formation
; 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. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
"Newfoundland & Labrador Geoscience Atlas".
Fletcher, T. P. (2006). "Bedrock geology of the Cape St. Mary's Peninsula, southwest Avalon Peninsula, Newfoundland" (PDF): 117. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)

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[1] Fletcher, T. P. (2006). "Bedrock geology of the Cape St. Mary's Peninsula, southwest Avalon Peninsula, Newfoundland" (PDF): 117. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)

[NL_GeoAtlas-2] "Newfoundland & Labrador Geoscience Atlas".

[3] Fletcher, T. P. (2006). "Bedrock geology of the Cape St. Mary's Peninsula, southwest Avalon Peninsula, Newfoundland" (PDF): 117. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)