Heart's Content Formation

{{Short description|Geologic formation in Newfoundland, Canada}} {{Infobox rockunit | unitof = Musgravetown Group | period = Ediacaran | age = {{fossil range|Ediacaran}} | prilithology = Black Shale<ref name="GotAPN">{{cite web|url = https://www.gov.nl.ca/iet/files/88-01.pdf |title=GEOLOGY OF THE AVALON PENINSULA, NEWFOUNDLAND}}</ref> | otherlithology = Sandstone, Conglomerate | type = Formation | region = Newfoundland | country = Canada | namedfor = | namedby = King, 1988 | image = | caption = | coordinates = | subunits = Bellevue Beach Member | underlies = Heart's Desire Formation<ref name="GotAPN"/> | overlies = Maturin Ponds Formation<ref name="GotAPN"/> | thickness = {{convert|600|–|1000|m|ft|abbr=on}} | extent = | area = | map = Heart's Content Formation map.svg | map_caption = Occurrence of the Heart's Content Formation in southeastern Newfoundland<ref name=NL_GeoAtlas>{{Cite web|url=http://geoatlas.gov.nl.ca/Default.htm|title=Newfoundland & Labrador Geoscience Atlas}}</ref> }} The '''Heart's Content Formation''' is an Ediacaran formation of dark grey/black shales interlaced with sandstones and pebble conglomerate,<ref name="GotAPN"/> cropping out in Newfoundland.

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Category:Ediacaran Newfoundland and Labrador Category:Geologic formations of Newfoundland and Labrador Category:Shale formations of Canada Category:Sandstone formations of Canada Category:Conglomerate formations of Canada