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LATEST CRETACEOUS-TERTIARY STRATIGRAPHY ON THE LAHAVE PLATFORM, OFFSHORE NOVA SCOTIA, CANADA
(2002-04-15)
The LaHave Platform is a relatively stable segment of the continental margin of Nova Scotia, developed along the flank of the Scotian Basin. The latest Cretaceous through Tertiary part of the succession, designated the ...
PALYNOLOGY OF THE LOWER CRETACEOUS CHASWOOD FORMATION, ELMSVALE BASIN AND SHUBENACADIE OUTLIER, NOVA SCOTIA
(2002-04-15)
The unconsolidated sand and clay deposits of the Shubenacadie and Musquodoboit basins have been documented in detailed studies since the 1950's. General mapping projects from as early as the 1900's have postulated that the ...
MERCURY IN TILL AND BEDROCK, KEJIMKUJIK NATIONAL PARK AREA, NOVA SCOTIA
(2002-04-15)
Loons in Kejimkujik National Park (KNP), southwestern Nova Scotia, have the highest levels of mercury (Hg) concentration in blood of any loon population in North America. For the past several years, a multi-disciplinary ...
40Ar/39Ar Thermochronology and Metamorphism of Amphibole from the Humboldt Bay High Strain Zone, Wabigoon Subprovince, Lake Nipigon, Ontario
(2002-04-15)
The Humboldt Bay High Strain Zone (HBHSZ) is a shear zone in the Onaman-Tashota Belt, a granite-greenstone belt of the Wabigoon Subprovince of the Archean Superior Province. The HBHSZ represents a boundary within the ...
BASEFLOW CONTRIBUTION OF THE UNCONFINED AQUIFER SUPPLYING THE LOWER REACHES OF THE CLYBURN BROOK, CAPE BRETON ISLAND, NOVA SCOTIA
(2002-04-15)
The Clyburn Brook, in the Cape Breton Highlands National Park, is an important source of freshwater. The brook overlies an unconfined aquifer that supplies potable and irrigation water for the Ingonish area. The Clyburn ...
MONITORING BIOREMEDIATION AFTER OIL SPILLS, OLD AND NEW, USING MARSH FORAMINIFERA AS INDICATORS
(2002-04-15)
Salt marshes of Nova Scotia are highly susceptible to marine oil spills. Removal of oil by natural processes is slow in low-energy environments, allowing oil to remain unaltered for many years. Marsh foraminifera, microfossils ...
CENTRAL SCOTIAN SLOPE STABILITY: THE POSSIBLE ROLE OF GAS HYDRATES
(2002-04-15)
Gas hydrates are ice-like solids in which large quantities of methane are trapped in a solid phase as a result of suitable pressure and temperature conditions in the presence of an excess supply of methane gas. They are a ...