Heart's Content Formation

Heart's Content Formation
Heart's Content Formation
Stratigraphic range: Ediacaran PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Type	Formation
Unit of	Musgravetown Group
Sub-units	Bellevue Beach Member
Underlies	Heart's Desire Formation
Overlies	Maturin Ponds Formation
Thickness	600–1,000 m (2,000–3,300 ft)
Lithology
Primary	Black Shale
Other	Sandstone, Conglomerate
Location
Region	Newfoundland
Country	Canada
Type section
Named by	King, 1988
	; Occurrence of the Heart's Content Formation in southeastern Newfoundland

Last updated June 21, 2025

The Heart's Content Formation is an Ediacaran formation of dark grey/black shales interlaced with sandstones and pebble conglomerate,^[1] cropping out in Newfoundland.

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[GotAPN-1] 1 2 3 4 "GEOLOGY OF THE AVALON PENINSULA, NEWFOUNDLAND" (PDF).

[NL_GeoAtlas-2] "Newfoundland & Labrador Geoscience Atlas".

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Heart's Content Formation
Stratigraphic range: Ediacaran PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Type	Formation
Unit of	Musgravetown Group
Sub-units	Bellevue Beach Member
Underlies	Heart's Desire Formation ^[1]
Overlies	Maturin Ponds Formation ^[1]
Thickness	600–1,000 m (2,000–3,300 ft)
Lithology
Primary	Black Shale ^[1]
Other	Sandstone, Conglomerate
Location
Region	Newfoundland
Country	Canada
Type section
Named by	King, 1988
Occurrence of the Heart's Content Formation in southeastern Newfoundland^[2]