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Geology Of The Frozen Ocean Lake - New Bay Pond Area, North-Central Newfoundland, Timothy M. Kusky
Geology Of The Frozen Ocean Lake - New Bay Pond Area, North-Central Newfoundland, Timothy M. Kusky
Geology Theses and Dissertations
Rocks of the Frozen Ocean Group outcrop in the Frozen Ocean Lake-New Bay Pond Area, Newfoundland, and are here divided into four formations. The Lewis Lake Formation forms the base of the Frozen Ocean Group, and is composed predominantly of mafic volcanic flows; this is conformably overlain by the Blue Star Formation which is entirely sedimentary in nature. The Blue Star Formation is in turn conformably overlain.by the Bursey Point Formation, which is a mixed volcanic and sedimentary unit. The top of the Frozen Ocean Group is marked by the Lynx Pond Formation, a mixed silicic- and mafic-volcanic formation, with …