Tobago Volcanic Group | |
Type: | Group |
Period: | Albian |
Age: | Albian |
Prilithology: | Volcaniclastics |
Otherlithology: | Shale, sandstone, siltstone |
Namedfor: | Tobago |
Region: | Tobago |
Country: | Trinidad and Tobago |
Coordinates: | 11.2°N -60.8°W |
Paleocoordinates: | 5.6°N -32.6°W |
Subunits: | Bacolet Formation |
The Tobago Volcanic Group is a geologic group in Trinidad and Tobago. It preserves radiolaria and ammonite fossils dating back to the Albian period. The formation contains the Bacolet Formation and comprises organic-rich, black pyritic siliceous mudstones and fine-grained volcaniclastic sandstones and siltstones.[1]