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Burin Peninsula

peninsula, Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada

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occurrence of boundary stratotypes

In Cambrian Period: Boundaries and subdivisions of the Cambrian System
…at Fortune Head on the Burin Peninsula of southeastern Newfoundland in Canada. It contains a thick and continuous marine succession of mostly shale, siltstone, and sandstone. The stratotype point, representing a moment in time, is in the lower part of the Chapel Island Formation. It coincides with the base of…
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settlement of Newfoundland

In Newfoundland and Labrador: Burin Peninsula
Almost all settlement on the Burin Peninsula is coastal. The larger towns, Marystown, Burin, Grand Bank, and Fortune, were all major deep-sea fishing ports and centers for the fresh-fish processing industry. St. Lawrence once produced Canada’s total supply of the mineral fluorspar, an…
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