Download or read book Stratigraphy and Correlation of the Cambro-Ordovician Cow Head Group, Western Newfoundland written by Noel P. James and published by Geological Survey of Canada. This book was released on 1986 with total page 143 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report is a documentation of the stratigraphy, paleonotology and sedimentology of these deep water sedimentary rocks. It provides the firstdescription of this deformed yet surprisingly intact sequence deposit at thefoot of a continental slope. A new stratigraphic nomenclature has beenerected which reflects discernible proximal versus distal faciesrelaionships. Intercalation of deep water graptolite and trilobite faunaswith shallow water boulders containing trilobites and brachiopods permitscorrelattion between quite different faunal realms, which is of internationalsignificance for early paleozoic biostratigraphy. The sediments reflectchanges in the depositional regimen of the adjacent shallow platform marginwhich accreted in response to the evolving community of carbonate producingorganisms and eustatic fluctuations in sea level. The report includes anextensive appendix which details the stratigraphy and paleontology of allimportant stratigraphic sections.