Blackhead Formation

Blackhead Formation
Stratigraphic range: Ediacaran
Type Formation
Unit of Signal Hill Group
Sub-units

[ref:[1]]

  • [Unnamed]
  • Maddox Cove Member
  • [Unnamed]
  • Deadman's Bay member
  • [Unnamed]
Overlies Cuckold Formation[2]
Location
Region Newfoundland and Labrador
Country Canada

Outcrop area in southeast Newfoundland

The Blackhead Formation is an Ediacaran geological formation cropping out in Eastern Newfoundland, with five subdivisions, two of which are named: the Maddox Cove and Deadman's Bay members.[3]


References

  1. http://geoatlas.gov.nl.ca/Default.htm
  2. http://geoatlas.gov.nl.ca/Default.htm
  3. Geology of the St. John's area, Newfoundland AF King - Nfld. Dep. Mines Energy Rep, 1986 - http://nr.gov.nl.ca
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