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Quidi Vidi Formation

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Quidi Vidi Formation
Stratigraphic range: Ediacaran
TypeFormation
Unit ofSignal Hill Group
UnderliesCuckold Formation[1]
OverliesGibbett Hill Formation[1]
Location
RegionNewfoundland and Labrador
CountryCanada

Outcrop occurrence in southeast Newfoundland

Quidi Vidi Formation is an Ediacaran stratigraphic unit consisting of red sandstone deposited on an alluvial plain.[2]

References

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  1. ^ a b "NewFoundland and Labrador Geoscience Atlas".
  2. ^ "Geology of the St. John's area, Newfoundland AF King - Nfld. Dep. Mines Energy Rep, 1986".