Young's Cove Group

Young's Cove Group
Stratigraphic range: 550–Early Cambrian Ma[1]

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	Occurrence of Young's Cove Group in southeastern Newfoundland
Type	Group
Sub-units	Random Formation; Chapel Island Formation; Rencontre Formation (sometimes placed in Long Harbour Group);
Location
Region	Newfoundland and Labrador
Country	Canada

Young's Cove Group is a stratigraphic group covering the Ediacaran-Cambrian boundary (in the Chapel Island Formation, cropping out on the Burin Peninsula and elsewhere in Newfoundland.

The Rencontre Formation is sometime included in this group, sometimes in the Long Harbour Group. That formation overlies volcanic rocks dated to 552 ± 2 million years ago.[1]

References

Myrow, P (1995). "Neoproterozoic rocks of the Newfoundland Avalon Zone". Precambrian Research. 73: 123. doi:10.1016/0301-9268(94)00074-2.

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[auto-1] Myrow, P (1995). "Neoproterozoic rocks of the Newfoundland Avalon Zone". Precambrian Research. 73: 123. doi:10.1016/0301-9268(94)00074-2.