Rocky Harbour Formation Stratigraphic range: Ediacaran |
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Type | Formation |
Unit of | Musgravetown Group |
Lithology | |
Primary | Marine Sediments |
Location | |
Region | Newfoundland |
Country | Canada |
Type section | |
Named by | Jenness 1963 |
Occurrence of the Rocky Harbour Formation in southeastern Newfoundland |
The Rocky Harbour Formation is a formation cropping out in Newfoundland. Its depositional setting was deltaic, with sediments showing the influence of tides and waves.
As reported in
Ford's Harbour (previously known (or mapped) as Rocky Harbour).