The proposed Cambrian–Ordovician global Boundary stratotype and point (GSSP) in Western Newfoundland, Canada

• Published in: Geological Magazine
• Main Author: Barnes, C. R.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 1988
• Subjects: Canada; The Toe; Cow Head; Green Point; St. Pauls; Broom Point; Martin Point; St. Pauls Inlet; Newfoundland
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0016756800013042; https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0016756800013042

Abstract Sections exposing the Cambrian–Ordovician Boundary interval at Broom Point in western Newfoundland have been proposed earlier for a global systemic boundary stratotype. These lie within the Cow Head Group, a late Middle Cambrian to early Middle Ordovician allochthonous unit of limestone, sh...