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[edit]
- ^ 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.
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