. The geology of Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and Prince Edward Island, or, Acadian geology [microform]. Geology; Geology, Stratigraphic; Paleontology; Geology, Economic; Géologie; Géologie stratigraphique; Paléontologie; Géologie économique. i^-^ 228 THE CARBONIFEROUS SYSTEM. red and gray sliales, in one of which occur remains of plants, fossilized by the gray sulphuret of copper, in the manner often observed in the Carboniferous rocks of Nova Scotia. Over these arc reddisli sand- stones of considerable thickness, succeeded by gray sandstones and shales, including underclays, many fossil plant
. The geology of Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and Prince Edward Island, or, Acadian geology [microform]. Geology; Geology, Stratigraphic; Paleontology; Geology, Economic; Géologie; Géologie stratigraphique; Paléontologie; Géologie économique. i^-^ 228 THE CARBONIFEROUS SYSTEM. red and gray sliales, in one of which occur remains of plants, fossilized by the gray sulphuret of copper, in the manner often observed in the Carboniferous rocks of Nova Scotia. Over these arc reddisli sand- stones of considerable thickness, succeeded by gray sandstones and shales, including underclays, many fossil plants, and two thin beds of coal. The thickness of these, as measured by Sir W. E. Logan, is about 400 feet. These beds appear to be on the north side of an anticlinal which runs out toward Shippogan. South of this, according to Professor Robb's observations, the dip, though slight, is to the south- ward, and the gray and nearly horizontal sandstones of the Miraniiclii River, which contain fossil plants and a thin scam of coal, are in the centre of a great flat synclinal which occupies tlie greater part of the breadth of the coal-field. South of the Miramiclii, the gray sandstones, vrith an opposite dip, extend to Richcbucto, where a small bed of coai occurs at a place called Coal Brook, with the accompaniments represented hi Fig. 61. Fig. 61.—Section on Coal Creek mar liichehicto.—Dr Eol)b. '«Wf;|(»'," "^,S^ ~" Sandstone, Shale. Coal, 15 S Shale or undcrelay. — — Sanilstonc. Under this, and extending to Buctouche, are reddish grits, which Professor Robb regards as a repetition of those at Bathurst, so that we have at Buctouche an anticliual bringing up the lower members of the Carboniferous series. From Buctouche to Sliediac the dips are southerly. Shediao Harbour seems to be near the centre of another flat synclinal, and thence to Cape Tormentin the beds dip to the at small angles. Cape Tormentin appears to be in the axis of an anticlin
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