. Acadian geology : the geological structure, organic remains, and mineral resources of Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and Prince Edward Island. Geology -- New Brunswick; Geology -- Nova Scotia; Geology -- Prince Edward Island; Paleontology -- New Brunswick; Paleontology -- Nova Scotia; Paleontology -- Prince Edward Island. NEW RED FROM TRURO TO AVON ESTUARV. 89 Fig 25.—Section on the West Side of the Mouth of Petite -^^ (a) Carboniferous Strata, highly inclined. (t) Triassic Red Sandstone. " I had in the past summer an opportunity of examining these beds at Walton (Petite) and other
. Acadian geology : the geological structure, organic remains, and mineral resources of Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and Prince Edward Island. Geology -- New Brunswick; Geology -- Nova Scotia; Geology -- Prince Edward Island; Paleontology -- New Brunswick; Paleontology -- Nova Scotia; Paleontology -- Prince Edward Island. NEW RED FROM TRURO TO AVON ESTUARV. 89 Fig 25.—Section on the West Side of the Mouth of Petite -^^ (a) Carboniferous Strata, highly inclined. (t) Triassic Red Sandstone. " I had in the past summer an opportunity of examining these beds at Walton (Petite) and other places, and was much gratified by finding that the New Red might be traced, as a narrow and occasionally inter- rupted band, from the mouth of the Shubcnacadie nearly to the mouth of the Avon; thus connecting as far as possible the patches of New Red described in my former paper. At some points also I found very distinct coast-sections, showing the unconformable superposition of the New Red on the Lower Carboniferous beds. A good instance of this occurs at Petite River. " Near the mouth of the river, the Lower Carboniferous formation appears with the same characters observed at Windsor and on the Shubcnacadie. It includes a large body of gypsum, extensively quarried for exportation, and a bed of limestone with veins of oxide of manganese. In the neighbourhood of these beds, the softer rocks have been denuded and do not appear. Still nearer the mouth of the river, however, there is a distinct section, showing black shales, with calcareous bands, dipping at a high angle to the south, and under- lying the beds above mentioned. In a short space these beds become contorted, and then dip steeply to the north. " Succeeding these black shales, in ascending order, the Lower Carboniferous rocks are seen in the section. These beds probably underlie the gypsum and limestone, which would recur on the north side of the anticlinal formed by the black shales if the secti
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