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Tag Archives: Carboniferous
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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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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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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