Young's Cove Group

Young's Cove Group is a stratigraphic group covering the Ediacaran-Cambrian boundary (in the Chapel Island Formation, cropping out on the Burin Peninsula and elsewhere in Newfoundland.

Young's Cove Group
Stratigraphic range:
Occurrence of Young's Cove Group in southeastern Newfoundland
TypeGroup
Sub-units
Location
Region Newfoundland and Labrador
Country Canada

The Rencontre Formation is sometime included in this group, sometimes in the Long Harbour Group. That formation overlies volcanic rocks dated to 552 ± 2 million years ago.[1]

References

  1. 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.
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