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Category Archives: Nova Scotia
New Banner picture! Cobequid-Chedabucto Fault at Cape Chignecto, Nova Scotia
Figure 1. The western extremity of the Cobequid Chedabucto Fault complex in Nova Scotia. The Cape in the distance is called Cape Chignecto It is a glorious view from the beach at Advocate Harbour. We look West towards Cape Chignecto. The … Continue reading
Extreme tides and Winter ice
Figure 1. Winter ice on the salt marshes of Minas Basin photographed from Wolfville, Nova Scotia, March 1, 2007. View to the North. What is an estuary? An estuary is a bay with an open connection to the sea. Rivers … Continue reading
Posted in climate change, General geoscience, Nova Scotia
Tagged Atlantic, Canada, climate, Climate Change, coastal zone management, earth science, energy, environment, geology, geoscience, Ice Age, Minas Basin, Nova Scotia, oceanography, Quaternary, Science, Sea Level, sedimentology, tides
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Nova Scotia’s own Great Unconformity: my new banner photo for 2015
The Angular Unconformity (U) at Nova Scotia’s Rainy Cove, separating intensely folded and faulted early Carboniferous shales and sandstones of the Horton Group (labeled 1 below the unconformity) and gently inclined, undeformed sandstones and conglomerates of the Wolfville Formation (2) at … Continue reading
Posted in General geoscience, Nova Scotia
Tagged Atlantic, Canada, Carboniferous, continent break-up, earth science, energy, evolution, geology, geoscience, Minas Basin, Nova Scotia, paleogeography, sedimentology, tectonic, Triassic
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Granites, Glaciers and the Ocean: a hike
We hiked, the other day – a well-known coastal trail, but new to me. So much still to discover here and it’s not like we haven’t been trying. The trail is in Crystal Crescent Beach Provincial Park and takes the … Continue reading
Posted in General geoscience, Geoheritage, Nova Scotia
Tagged Atlantic, batholith, Canada, continent break-up, earth science, geology, geoscience, granite, Ice Age, Nova Scotia, Quaternary, Sea Level
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A Tidal power lagoon in Nova Scotia’s Scott’s Bay?
Nova Scotia is where I live – a 700-odd km long NE-SW peninsula that more or less parallels the edge of the continent. What (almost) separates us from that continent is the Bay of Fundy, the Canadian extent of the Gulf … Continue reading
Posted in Energy, General geoscience, Nova Scotia
Tagged Atlantic, Canada, Climate Change, earth science, energy, environment, geology, geoscience, Nova Scotia, oceanography, Science, Sea Level, tides
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A no-brainer for every earth scientist: time travel!
Because this is a WordPress blog, I receive the weekly WordPress writing challenges, which are all about encouraging and helping aspiring fiction writers, which I am not. However, this week’s challenge is irresistible – Time Travel! This is the challenge … Continue reading
Posted in General geoscience, Nova Scotia
Tagged Canada, Chixculub, Deccan Traps, DPChallenge, extinction, Glooscap, Holocene sea level rise, Ice Age, K-T extinction, Minas Basin, MiqMaq, Quaternary, tides, time travel
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Blue Beach is not for sale
(Originally posted in March 2014. Updated a few times, last in May 2017) Left: Google Earth image showing location of Blue Beach – Avonport Station coastline. Right: aerial photo of the cliff (in the shade) and beach at low … Continue reading
Posted in General geoscience, Geoheritage, Nova Scotia
Tagged Atlantic, Canada, Carboniferous, earth science, evolution, extinction, geology, Nova Scotia, paleontology, Romer's Gap, Tournaisian
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Wrong Question: can fracking be done safely?
I published this post in February 2013. I have continued to add material to it, so the most recent bits of info are at the top of the page: scroll down for the original, which hasn’t been changed. February 12, 2015 Dr. … Continue reading
Posted in Energy, Nova Scotia
Tagged Atlantic, Canada, earth science, energy, environment, geology, geoscience, sedimentology
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Dear Mr. Carney
That must have been a lovely stay, a “short week” (I’m quoting the Globe and Mail) with your family near the small village of Cheverie on the shores of our beautiful Minas Basin. As a proud constituent of Mr. Brison, … Continue reading
Posted in Nova Scotia
Tagged anhydrite, basalt, Blomidon, Carboniferous, Carney, Cheverie, continent break-up, extinction, geology, gypsum, Minas Basin, Parrsboro, sedimentology, tides
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The tidal landscape banner photo: Minas Basin, Nova Scotia, Canada
UPDATED December 29, 2014 This was my blog’s banner photo until January 1, 2015. What are you looking at? In a world of Google Earth where everyone has a GPS in their cell phone, I should start with the coordinates. … Continue reading
Posted in General geoscience, Nova Scotia
Tagged Atlantic, Bay of Fundy, Blomidon, Canada, Cape Blomidon, earth science, geoscience, Minas Basin, Nova Scotia, sedimentology, tides
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