Gibbett Hill Formation

Gibbett Hill Formation
Gibbett Hill Formation
Stratigraphic range:
	The Gibbett Hill Formation on Bear Cove Point, NL
Type	Formation
Unit of	Signal Hill Group
Underlies	Quidi Vidi Formation[1]
Overlies	Renews Head Formation (northern peninsula) [2]; Cappahayden Formation (southern peninsula);
Location
Region	Newfoundland
Country	Canada
	; Outcrop occurrence in Newfoundland

The Gibbett Hill Formation is an Ediacaran unit cropping out in Eastern Newfoundland, representing a delta-top setting, with many red sandstones and occasional dark-grey shales.[3]

References

http://geoatlas.gov.nl.ca/Default.htm
http://geoatlas.gov.nl.ca/Default.htm
Lithostratigraphic and biostratigraphic studies on the eastern Bonavista Peninsula: an update | authors= SJ O'Brien, AF King, HJ Hofmann - Current Research, Newfoundland …, 2006

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[1] ttp://geoatlas.gov.nl.ca/Default.htm

[2] ttp://geoatlas.gov.nl.ca/Default.htm

[3] Lithostratigraphic and biostratigraphic studies on the eastern Bonavista Peninsula: an update | authors= SJ O'Brien, AF King, HJ Hofmann - Current Research, Newfoundland …, 2006