St. John's Group

St John's Group
Stratigraphic range: Ediacaran [1] (post-565 Ma)
Type Group
Sub-units

[2]

Underlies Signal Hill Group[3]
Overlies Conception Group[3]
Lithology
Primary Shale[4]
Location
Region Newfoundland and Labrador
Country Canada

Occurrence of St. John's Group in the bedrock of Newfoundland

The St John's Group is a fossiliferous shale-dominated Ediacaran geologic group in Newfoundland and Labrador, younger than 565 ± 3 million years ago.[1]

It corresponds to the upper portion of the Connecting Point Group [5]

See also

References

  • Various Contributors to the Paleobiology Database. "Fossilworks: Gateway to the Paleobiology Database". Archived from the original on 31 July 2014. Retrieved 8 July 2014.
  1. 1 2 Myrow, P (1995). "Neoproterozoic rocks of the Newfoundland Avalon Zone". Precambrian Research. 73: 123. doi:10.1016/0301-9268(94)00074-2.
  2. ↑ (PDF) http://www.nr.gov.nl.ca/nr/mines/geoscience/publications/currentresearch/2005/obrien.pdf. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  3. 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).
  4. ↑ http://www.flr.gov.nl.ca/publications/parks/fortune_head_ecological_reserve.pdf
  5. ↑ Geology compiled by A. F. King Map series edited by S. P. Colman-Sadd and J. P. Hayes, GEOLOGY OF THE AVALON PENINSULA, NEWFOUNDLAND (parts of 1K, 1L, 1M, 1N and 2C) Map 88-01 (Digital reproduction) (PDF)


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