Big Head Formation

Big Head Formation
Stratigraphic range: Ediacaran
Type Formation
Unit of Musgravetown Group
Thickness 460-2130 m[1]
Location
Region  Newfoundland
Country  Canada

Occurrence of the Big Head Formation in southeastern Newfoundland

The Big Head Formation is a formation cropping out in Newfoundland. It comprises grey-green fine grained seds, and crops out at the foreboding cliffs of Big Head, Placentia Bay.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 "BEDROCK GEOLOGY OF THE CAPE ST. MARY'S PENINSULA, SOUTHWEST AVALON PENINSULA, NEWFOUNDLAND" (PDF).


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