Manuels River Formation

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Manuels River Formation
Stratigraphic range: Middle Cambrian
Type Formation
Unit of Harcourt Group [1]
Underlies Elliott's Cove Formation
Overlies Chamberlains Brook Formation
Thickness27.5 m (90 ft) (Random Island) [1]
Location
CountryFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada

Manuels River Formation is a Middle Cambrian (Drumian) geological formation cropping out in the Random Island area of Newfoundland [1] and elsewhere?. Its black/dark brown, finely laminated mudstones and thicker-bedded siltstones are occasionally interrupted by thin yellowish silty limestone horizons.

Contents

Fossil content

Recorded fossils include Clarella venusta (Billings, 1872) and Mawddachites hicksii (Salter, 1864). [1]

See also

Inlet Group

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Normore, L. S. 2012: GEOLOGY OF THE RANDOM ISLAND MAP AREA (Nts 2C/04), Newfoundland. Current Research (2012) Newfoundland and Labrador Department of Natural Resources Geological Survey Report 12-:121–145.