Heart's Content Formation
The Heart's Content Formation is a formation of dark grey/black shales and mudstones, with occasional silts and sands, cropping out in Newfoundland.
| Heart's Content Formation | |
|---|---|
Stratigraphic range: | |
| Type | Formation |
| Unit of | Musgravetown Group |
| Thickness | 600-1000 m |
| Lithology | |
| Primary | Marine sediments |
| Location | |
| Region | Newfoundland |
| Country | Canada |
| Type section | |
| Named by | King, 1988 |
Occurrence of the Heart's Content Formation in southeastern Newfoundland | |
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