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Tag Archives: Sea Level
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, Minas Basin, Bay of Fundy, 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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Canadian Earth Science for @PMHarper 9 – measuring the thickness of polar sea ice through time
The preamble to this reviews series, categorized as “Canadian Earth Science for @PMHarper”, is here. — de Vernal, A., R. Gersonde, H. Goosse, M.-S. Seidenkrantz, and E.W. Wolff, 2013, Sea ice in the paleoclimate system: the challenge of reconstructing sea … Continue reading
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, Minas Basin, Bay of Fundy, Nova Scotia
Tagged Atlantic, Canada, Climate Change, earth science, energy, environment, geology, geoscience, Nova Scotia, oceanography, Science, Sea Level, tides
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Canadian Earth Science for @PMHarper 4 – Ice ages and Klondike gold
The pre-amble to this series of reviews is here Froese, E.G., Zazula, G.D., Westgate, J.A., Preece, S.J., Sanborn, P.T., Reyes, A.V., Pearce, N.J.G., 2009, The Klondike goldfields and Pleistocene environments of Beringia. GSA Today, v. 19, no. 8, p. 4-10. … Continue reading
The Eemian and the #Anthropocene
Figure 1. River Eem at town of Eemdijk (to the right), Netherlands. The view is to the North. Eem floodplain (ca. 1 m below MSL) to the left. Location of photo: 52o15’17.65″N, 5019’38.42″E The Eemian interglacial warm period is known … Continue reading
Posted in General geoscience
Tagged Anthropocene, Climate Change, Eem, Eemian, Glacial, Interglacial, Netherlands, Quaternary, Sea Level
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