Quidi Vidi Formation

Quidi Vidi Formation
Stratigraphic range: Ediacaran
Type Formation
Unit of Signal Hill Group
Underlies Cuckold Formation[1]
Overlies Gibbett Hill Formation[2]
Location
Region Newfoundland and Labrador
Country Canada

Outcrop occurrence in southeast Newfoundland

Quidi Vidi Formation is an Ediacaran stratigraphic unit consisting of red sandstone deposited on an alluvial plain.[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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