. 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. 815 CHAPTER XVII. THE CARBONIFEROUS PERIODâConUnucd. , CARBONIFEROUS DISTRICTS OF PICTOU, ANTIOONISH, AND GUYSnOROUGH J ISOLATED PATCHES AT MARGAKET's BAY AND CHESTER BASIN. Carhoniferuus District ofPkfou. In noticing tins and the following districts, I shall avail myself of the details into which we have entered, to enable me to condense my descripti
. 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. 815 CHAPTER XVII. THE CARBONIFEROUS PERIODâConUnucd. , CARBONIFEROUS DISTRICTS OF PICTOU, ANTIOONISH, AND GUYSnOROUGH J ISOLATED PATCHES AT MARGAKET's BAY AND CHESTER BASIN. Carhoniferuus District ofPkfou. In noticing tins and the following districts, I shall avail myself of the details into which we have entered, to enable me to condense my description8,and to dwell only on those features that may be peculiar, or very dissimilar from those already described. lu entering the Pictou coal district from Colchester, we pass over disturbed and some- what altered Lower Carboniferous sandstones and conglomerates, with intrusive and metamorphic rocks on either side, forming outlying masses of the Eastern Cobequids. The first characteristic and dis- tinctly marked beds that we find are the limestones on the upper part of the West River. At the Salt Springs these limestones, with their accompanying sandstones, are seen in a vertical position, and with their fissures filled with micaceous iron-ore,âa very decided proof of igneous action. There appears to be in this part of the Pictou district, a considerable area of altered Carboniferous rocks, showing that in this vicinity active volcanic agencies have subsisted after the deposition of the Lower Carboniferous series. A little ftirther down the West River, at M'Kay's Lime Rock, we find the limestone unaltered, and containing Crinoids, Terebratulce, Fenestella, Corals, and other fossils, similar to those of the limestones of Hants and Colchester, and more especially to the lower limestones already mentioned. Having thus reached a known member of the Carboniferous series, we may take a general glance over the district, with the aid of the map, and mark the distribution of it
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