Young's Cove Group
| Young's Cove Group | |
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| Stratigraphic range: | |
 Occurrence of Young's Cove Group in southeastern Newfoundland | |
| Type | Group |
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| 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[verification needed], sometimes in the Long Harbour Group. That formation overlies volcanic rocks dated to 552 ± 2 million years ago.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Myrow, P (1995). "Neoproterozoic rocks of the Newfoundland Avalon Zone". Precambrian Research. 73 (1–4): 123–136. Bibcode:1995PreR...73..123M. doi:10.1016/0301-9268(94)00074-2.
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