Young's Cove Group is a stratigraphic group covering the Ediacaran-Cambrian boundary (in the Chapel Island Formation, cropping out on the Burin Peninsula and elsewhere in Newfoundland.

Young's Cove Group
Stratigraphic range: 550–Early Cambrian Ma[1]
Occurrence of Young's Cove Group in southeastern Newfoundland
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Location
Region Newfoundland and Labrador
Country Canada

The Rencontre Formation is sometime included in this group[verification needed], sometimes in the Long Harbour Group. That formation overlies volcanic rocks dated to 552 ± 2 million years ago.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b Myrow, P (1995). "Neoproterozoic rocks of the Newfoundland Avalon Zone". Precambrian Research. 73 (1–4): 123–136. Bibcode:1995PreR...73..123M. doi:10.1016/0301-9268(94)00074-2.