Signal Hill Group

{{Short description|Siliciclastic group of marine Ediacaran strata}}

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| image = Signal Hill Group map.svg

| caption = Occurrence of the Signal Hill Group in southeastern Newfoundland

| type = Group

| period = Ediacaran

| age = {{Fossil range|Ediacaran}}

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| region = {{Flag|Newfoundland}}

| country = {{Flag|Canada}}

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In north Avalon:

In south Avalon:

| underlies = Adeyton Group (unconformably){{Avalon map ref}}

| overlies = St. John's Group (conformably){{Avalon map ref}}

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The Signal Hill Group is a siliciclastic Group of marine Ediacaran strata, cropping out in Newfoundland, in the eastern Bonavista Peninsula and the eastern Avalon peninsula.

It corresponds temporally to the Musgravetown Group further west.{{Avalon map ref}}

References

{{Cite web|url=http://www.nr.gov.nl.ca/nr/mines/geoscience/publications/currentresearch/2005/obrien.pdf |title=LATE NEOPROTEROZOIC (EDIACARAN) STRATIGRAPHY OF AVALON ZONE SEDIMENTARY ROCKS, BONAVISTA PENINSULA, NEWFOUNDLAND |last1=O’Brien |first1=S.J. |last2=King |first2=A.F. }}

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Category:Geologic groups of Newfoundland and Labrador