Connecting Point Group Explained

Map:	Connecting Point Group map.svg
Type:	Group
Period:	Ediacaran
Subunits:	Not subdivided
Underlies:	Musgravetown Group
Overlies:	Love Cove Group

The Connecting Point Group is a Late Neoproterozoic geological formation cropping out on the Avalon Peninsula of Newfoundland, dominated by deep marine turbidite deposits.^{[1] [2]}

Approximate age data from the middle of the group date it to ca. 610 Ma.^[1]

It corresponds to the Conception Group and the St. John's Group further east on the Avalon peninsula

Notes and References

1. 10.1016/0301-9268(94)00074-2. Neoproterozoic rocks of the Newfoundland Avalon Zone. Precambrian Research. 73. 123. 1995. Myrow. P.
2. Normore, L.S. (2012). Geology of the Random Island map area (NTS 2C/04), Newfoundland. Curr. Res. Newfoundl. Labrador Dep. Nat. Resour. Geol. Surv. Report 12-, 121–145.