Hopewell Cape Formation
Appearance
Hopewell Cape Formation | |
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Stratigraphic range: | |
![]() Hopewell Cape Formation outcropping at the Hopewell Rocks Provincial Park. | |
Type | Geological formation |
Underlies | Boss Point Formation |
Overlies | Windsor Group |
Thickness | Less than 1,000 metres (3,280 ft) |
Lithology | |
Primary | Conglomerate |
Other | Sandstone, mudstone |
Location | |
Region | New Brunswick |
Country | Canada |
Type section | |
Named for | Hopewell Cape |
Named by | H. M. Ami |
Year defined | 1902 |
The Hopewell Cape Formation is a geological formation of Carboniferous age (late Viséan to late Namurian or early Westphalian stage) in New Brunswick.[1]
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