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Green Point, Newfoundland and Labrador

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layers indicate periodic avalanches from the shallower waters. Portions of the same limestone avalanches that came to rest further up the coastal slopes are featured at Cow Head. There, the individual rocks in the limestone
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In 2000, the cliffs at Green Point were approved as the Global Stratotype Section and Point for the base of the Ordovician system by the
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Cooper, R. A., Nowlan, G. S., and Williams, S. H. (2001). Global Stratotype Section and Point for Base of the Ordovician System.
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represent a 30 million year record of deep-ocean sediments laid in a base-of-slope environment in the
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Burzynski, M. (1999). Gros Morne National Park. St. John's, NL: Breakwater Books. p.44
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Gros Morne National Park: Visitor information (2007) Retrieved August 18, 2008 from
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http://www.pc.gc.ca/pn-np/nl/grosmorne/visit/visit4_e.asp#04
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is located 12 km north of the town of Rocky Harbour in
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Overview of Global Boundary Stratotype Sections and Points
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List of Global Boundary Stratotype Sections and Points
261:Paleozoic paleontological sites of North America 123:There are 31 drive-in campsites at Green Point. 69:fossil, 4.8m below the earliest known planktic 39:(GSSP) representing the division between the 8: 179:http://www.stratigraphy.org/Tremadocian.pdf 57:International Union of Geological Sciences 177:, 24(1). Retrieved August 18, 2008, from 15: 148: 266:Landforms of Newfoundland and Labrador 169: 167: 154: 152: 7: 86:Cliffs layers viewed from the side. 37:Global Stratotype Section and Point 214:Gros Morne National Park of Canada 14: 281:Ordovician paleontological sites 276:Cambrian paleontological sites 1: 297: 76:Rhabdinopora praeparabola 62:Iapetognathus fluctivagus 133:Gros Morne National Park 29:Gros Morne National Park 31:, on the west coast of 20:Green Point at low tide 271:Paleontology in Canada 115: 87: 21: 237:49.68222°N 57.95528°W 114:Exposed cliff layers. 113: 85: 19: 242:49.68222; -57.95528 233: /  116: 88: 22: 107:are much larger. 288: 248: 247: 245: 244: 243: 238: 234: 231: 230: 229: 226: 197: 187: 181: 171: 162: 156: 296: 295: 291: 290: 289: 287: 286: 285: 251: 250: 241: 239: 235: 232: 227: 224: 222: 220: 219: 205: 200: 188: 184: 172: 165: 157: 150: 146: 129: 121: 53: 12: 11: 5: 294: 292: 284: 283: 278: 273: 268: 263: 253: 252: 217: 216: 211: 204: 203:External links 201: 199: 198: 182: 163: 147: 145: 142: 141: 140: 135: 128: 125: 120: 117: 52: 49: 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 293: 282: 279: 277: 274: 272: 269: 267: 264: 262: 259: 258: 256: 249: 246: 215: 212: 210: 207: 206: 202: 196: 195:1-55081-135-5 192: 186: 183: 180: 176: 170: 168: 164: 161: 155: 153: 149: 143: 139: 136: 134: 131: 130: 126: 124: 118: 112: 108: 106: 101: 97: 96:Iapetus Ocean 93: 84: 80: 78: 77: 72: 68: 64: 63: 58: 50: 48: 46: 42: 38: 34: 30: 26: 18: 218: 185: 174: 122: 105:conglomerate 89: 74: 60: 54: 33:Newfoundland 24: 23: 240: / 25:Green Point 255:Categories 228:57°57′19″W 225:49°40′56″N 144:References 119:Campground 71:graptolite 45:Ordovician 100:limestone 47:systems. 175:Episodes 127:See also 73:fossil, 67:conodont 43:and the 41:Cambrian 51:Geology 193:  98:. The 92:shales 191:ISBN 90:The 65:, a 257:: 166:^ 151:^ 79:.

Index


Gros Morne National Park
Newfoundland
Global Stratotype Section and Point
Cambrian
Ordovician
International Union of Geological Sciences
Iapetognathus fluctivagus
conodont
graptolite
Rhabdinopora praeparabola

shales
Iapetus Ocean
limestone
conglomerate

Gros Morne National Park
List of Global Boundary Stratotype Sections and Points


http://www.pc.gc.ca/pn-np/nl/grosmorne/visit/visit4_e.asp#04


http://www.stratigraphy.org/Tremadocian.pdf
ISBN
1-55081-135-5
Overview of Global Boundary Stratotype Sections and Points
Gros Morne National Park of Canada
49°40′56″N 57°57′19″W / 49.68222°N 57.95528°W / 49.68222; -57.95528

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