Mall Bay Formation

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Mall Bay Formation
Stratigraphic range: Ediacaran
Type Formation
Unit of Conception Group
Underlies Gaskiers Formation [1]
Lithology
PrimarySiliciclastic siltstones
Location
RegionFlag of the Dominion of Newfoundland.svg  Newfoundland
CountryFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Mall Bay Formation map.svg
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]

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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).[ dead link ]