• Source: Tobago Volcanic Group

The Tobago Volcanic Group is a geologic group in Trinidad and Tobago. It preserves radiolaria and ammonite fossils dating back to the Albian period. The formation contains the Bacolet Formation and comprises organic-rich, black pyritic siliceous mudstones and fine-grained volcaniclastic sandstones and siltstones.




See also



List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Trinidad and Tobago




References






Further reading


A. W. Snoke and P.J. Noble. 2001. Ammonite-radiolarian assemblage, Tobago Volcanic Group, Tobago, West Indies—Implications for the evolution of the Great Arc of the Caribbean. Geological Society America Bulletin 113:256-264

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• Indonesia
• La Soufrière
• Tobago Volcanic Group
• Bacolet Formation
• Geology of Trinidad and Tobago
• Tobago
• Main Ridge, Tobago
• Lesser Antilles
• List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in the Caribbean
• Tobago Cays
• Geography of Saint Kitts and Nevis
• Geography of Martinique