The Indian Bay Formation: fossiliferous Early Ordovician volcanogenic rocks in the northern Gander Terrane, Newfoundland, and their regional significance

• Published in: Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences
• Main Authors: Wonderley, Patricia F., Neuman, Robert B.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Canadian Science Publishing 1984
• Subjects: General Earth and Planetary Sciences; Indian; Big Pond; Newfoundland
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/e84-057; http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/e84-057

The first reported fossiliferous rocks in the northern Gander Terrane of the Newfoundland Appalachians occur at Indian Bay Big Pond, in an area previously mapped as unfossiliferous quartzose sedimentary rocks of the Gander Group. Brachiopods, trilobites, and bryozoans in argillaceous tuff indicate a...