High-resolution isotope stratigraphy of the Lower Ordovician St. George Group of western Newfoundland, Canada: implications for global correlation

• Published in: Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences
• Main Authors: Azmy, Karem, Lavoie, Denis
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: NRC Research Press 2009
• Subjects: Canada; Boat Harbour; Watts Bight; Newfoundland
• Online Access: https://research.library.mun.ca/11716/; https://research.library.mun.ca/11716/1/Azmy_%26_Lavoie_2009.pdf; https://doi.org/10.1139/E09-032

The Lower Ordovician St. George Group of western Newfoundland consists mainly of shallow-marine-platform carbonates (*500 m thick). It is formed, from bottom to top, of the Watts Bight, Boat Harbour, Catoche, and Aguathuna formations. The top boundary of the group is marked by the regional St. Georg...