Manuels River Formation Explained

Type:Formation
Period:Cambrian
Unitof:Harcourt Group[1]
Underlies:Elliott's Cove Formation
Overlies:Chamberlains Brook Formation
Thickness:27.5m (90.2feet) (Random Island)

Manuels River Formation is a Middle Cambrian (Drumian) geological formation cropping out in the Random Island area of Newfoundland[1] and elsewhere?. Its black/dark brown, finely laminated mudstones and thicker-bedded siltstones are occasionally interrupted by thin yellowish silty limestone horizons.

Fossil content

Recorded fossils include Clarella venusta (Billings, 1872) and Mawddachites hicksii (Salter, 1864).[1]

See also

Inlet Group

Notes and References

  1. Normore, L. S. 2012: GEOLOGY OF THE RANDOM ISLAND MAP AREA (Nts 2C/04), Newfoundland. Current Research (2012) Newfoundland and Labrador Department of Natural Resources Geological Survey Report 12-:121–145.

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