Mall Bay Formation

Mall Bay Formation
Stratigraphic range: Ediacaran
Type Formation
Unit of Conception Group
Underlies Gaskiers Formation[1]
Overlies Mall Bay Formation
Lithology
Primary Siliciclastic siltstones
Location
Region  Newfoundland
Country  Canada

Outcrop distribution on Avalon peninsula, Newfoundland

The Mall Bay Formation is an Ediacaran formation , cropping out in Newfoundland and possibly elsewhere. It is part of the Conception Group, underlying the Gaskiers Formation.[1]


References

  1. 1 2 A.G. Liu; D. McIlroy (September 2014). "Horizontal Surface Traces from the Fermeuse Formation, Ferryland (Newfoundland, Canada), and their Place within the Late Ediacaran Ichnological Revolution" (PDF). Geological Association of Canada - Special Paper (9).
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