Bonavista Formation
Appearance
Bonavista Formation | |
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Stratigraphic range: | |
![]() Bonavista Fm near Long Cove, Trinity Bay, NL | |
Type | Formation |
Unit of | Adeyton Group[1] |
Underlies | Smith Point Fm |
Overlies | Random Fm |
Location | |
Region | Newfoundland |
Country | Canada |
![]() Occurrence in southeast Newfoundland |
The Bonavista Formation is an Early Cambrian formation which is exposed in outcrop in Newfoundland. The unit is dominated by red mudstone, with some purple-green mudstones, and the occasional interbedded nodular limestone. A gritty conglomerate is exposed at the base of the unit.[2]