Quidi Vidi Formation
Appearance
Quidi Vidi Formation | |
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Stratigraphic range: | |
Type | Formation |
Unit of | Signal Hill Group |
Underlies | Cuckold Formation[1][2] |
Overlies | Gibbett Hill Formation[1][2] |
Lithology | |
Primary | Red-green Sandstone[2] |
Other | Pebble Conglomerate and Mudstone[2] |
Location | |
Region | Newfoundland and Labrador |
Country | Canada |
![]() Outcrop occurrence in southeast Newfoundland |
Quidi Vidi Formation is an Ediacaran stratigraphic unit consisting of red-green sandstones and minor pebble conglomerates deposited on an alluvial plain.[3][2]