The Random Formation is a rock unit in Newfoundland dating to the early Cambrian period, dominated by tidal quartz arenites deposited in a near-shore environment, but also incorporating intertidal and open-shelf deposits, including glauconitic and mud-cracked mudstones (now shales), and red channel sandstones. It was deposited quickly and is approximately 175 m thick. The Blue Pinion Formation was originally recognized as a separate formation, but is now interpreted as an expression of the Random Formation.
Attributes | Values |
---|
rdfs:label
| |
rdfs:comment
| - The Random Formation is a rock unit in Newfoundland dating to the early Cambrian period, dominated by tidal quartz arenites deposited in a near-shore environment, but also incorporating intertidal and open-shelf deposits, including glauconitic and mud-cracked mudstones (now shales), and red channel sandstones. It was deposited quickly and is approximately 175 m thick. The Blue Pinion Formation was originally recognized as a separate formation, but is now interpreted as an expression of the Random Formation. (en)
|
foaf:depiction
| |
dcterms:subject
| |
Wikipage page ID
| |
Wikipage revision ID
| |
Link from a Wikipage to another Wikipage
| |
sameAs
| |
underlies
| - Bonavista Fm and others (en)
|
unitof
| - Young's Cove Group, Musgravetown Group, or none, depending on authority (en)
|
dbp:wikiPageUsesTemplate
| |
thumbnail
| |
caption
| - Some facies of the Random Formation: Synaresis cracks in mudstones, with overlying white cross-bedded tidal sandstones (en)
|
map caption
| - Bedrock distribution of the Random Formation (en)
|
period
| |
Thickness
| |
type
| |
has abstract
| - The Random Formation is a rock unit in Newfoundland dating to the early Cambrian period, dominated by tidal quartz arenites deposited in a near-shore environment, but also incorporating intertidal and open-shelf deposits, including glauconitic and mud-cracked mudstones (now shales), and red channel sandstones. It was deposited quickly and is approximately 175 m thick. The Blue Pinion Formation was originally recognized as a separate formation, but is now interpreted as an expression of the Random Formation. (en)
|
namedfor
| |
otherlithology
| - Grey-green silts and shales (en)
|
overlies
| - * Chapel Island Fm
* Crown Hill Formation (en)
|
prilithology
| - Herringbone-crossstratified white arenites (en)
|
prov:wasDerivedFrom
| |
page length (characters) of wiki page
| |
foaf:isPrimaryTopicOf
| |
is Link from a Wikipage to another Wikipage
of | |
is Wikipage redirect
of | |
is foaf:primaryTopic
of | |