Heart's Content Formation
| Heart's Content Formation | |
|---|---|
| Stratigraphic range: Ediacaran | |
| Type | Formation |
| Unit of | Musgravetown Group |
| Sub-units | Bellevue Beach Member |
| Underlies | Heart's Desire Formation[1] |
| Overlies | Maturin Ponds Formation[1] |
| Thickness | 600-1000 m |
| Lithology | |
| Primary | Black Shale[1] |
| Other | Sandstone, Conglomerate |
| Location | |
| Region |  Newfoundland |
| Country |  Canada |
| Type section | |
| Named by | King, 1988 |
 Occurrence of the Heart's Content Formation in southeastern Newfoundland[2] | |
The Heart's Content Formation is a formation of dark grey/black shales interlaced with sandstones and pebble conglomerate,[1] cropping out in Newfoundland.
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