Signal Hill Group

Signal Hill Group
Signal Hill Group
Stratigraphic range:
	Occurrence of the Signal Hill Group in southeastern Newfoundland
Type	Group
Sub-units	In north Avalon: Blackhead Formation / Flat Rock Cove Fm; Cuckold Formation; Ferryland Head Formation; Quidi Vidi Formation; Gibbett Hill Formation; In south Avalon: Cape Ballard Formation; Ferryland Head Formation; Gibbett Hill Formation; Cappahayden Formation; [1][2]
Underlies	Adeyton Group (unconformably) [1]
Overlies	St. John's Group (conformably) [1]
Location
Region	Newfoundland
Country	Canada

The Signal Hill Group is a siliciclastic Group of marine Ediacaran strata, cropping out in Newfoundland, in the eastern Bonavista Peninsula and the eastern Avalon peninsula.[2]

It corresponds temporally to the Musgravetown Group further west. [1]

References

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) {{citation}}: |author= has generic name (help)
O’Brien, S.J.; King, A.F. "LATE NEOPROTEROZOIC (EDIACARAN) STRATIGRAPHY OF AVALON ZONE SEDIMENTARY ROCKS, BONAVISTA PENINSULA, NEWFOUNDLAND" (PDF). {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)

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[AvMap-1] 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) {{citation}}: |author= has generic name (help)

[obrien-2] O’Brien, S.J.; King, A.F. "LATE NEOPROTEROZOIC (EDIACARAN) STRATIGRAPHY OF AVALON ZONE SEDIMENTARY ROCKS, BONAVISTA PENINSULA, NEWFOUNDLAND" (PDF). {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)