Gibbett Hill Formation

Gibbett Hill Formation
Gibbett Hill Formation
Stratigraphic range: Ediacaran PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
	The Gibbett Hill Formation on Bear Cove Point, NL
Type	Formation
Unit of	Signal Hill Group
Underlies	Quidi Vidi Formation
Overlies	Renews Head Formation (northern peninsula) ; Cappahayden Formation (southern peninsula);
Location
Region	Newfoundland
Country	Canada
	; Outcrop occurrence in Newfoundland

The Gibbett Hill Formation is an Ediacaran unit cropping out in Eastern Newfoundland, representing a delta-top setting, with many red sandstones and occasional dark-grey shales.^[2]

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b "Map Layers". geoatlas.gov.nl.ca. Retrieved May 27, 2023.
^ Lithostratigraphic and biostratigraphic studies on the eastern Bonavista Peninsula: an update | authors= SJ O'Brien, AF King, HJ Hofmann - Current Research, Newfoundland …, 2006

[auto-1] "Map Layers". geoatlas.gov.nl.ca. Retrieved May 27, 2023.

[2] Lithostratigraphic and biostratigraphic studies on the eastern Bonavista Peninsula: an update | authors= SJ O'Brien, AF King, HJ Hofmann - Current Research, Newfoundland …, 2006

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