Signal Hill Group Explained

Type:	Group
Period:	Ediacaran
Subunits:	In north Avalon: Blackhead Formation / Flat Rock Cove Fm Cuckold Formation Ferryland Head Formation Quidi Vidi Formation Gibbett Hill Formation In south Avalon: Cape Ballard Formation Ferryland Head Formation Gibbett Hill Formation Cappahayden Formation
Underlies:	Adeyton Group (unconformably)
Overlies:	St. John's Group (conformably)

The Signal Hill Group is a siliciclastic Group of marine Ediacaran strata, cropping out in Newfoundland, in the eastern Bonavista Peninsula and the eastern Avalon peninsula.

It corresponds temporally to the Musgravetown Group further west.

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Notes and References

1. LATE NEOPROTEROZOIC (EDIACARAN) STRATIGRAPHY OF AVALON ZONE SEDIMENTARY ROCKS, BONAVISTA PENINSULA, NEWFOUNDLAND . O’Brien . S.J. . King . A.F. .