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Salt marshes in Nova Scotia: a status report of the Saltmarsh Working Group
(Institute of Resource and Environmental Studies and Department of Biology, Dalhousie University, 1981-06-01)
There are approximately 80,000 acres of salt marsh land in Nova Scotia of which approximately 43,000 acres have been dyked for agricultural use. Salt marsh lands have served as major producers of food in estuarine regions. ...
Demise of the garden of Acadia
(DVL Publishing Inc., Liverpool, Nova Scotia, 1981-07)
In the late 1970s, plans were being developed for construction of a tidal power barrage at the mouth of the Annapolis River. Much of the land by the river in that area was dyked and was used by farmers for grazing and ...
Canada versus the Market
(Wiley, 1981-01)
40Ar/39Ar Ages for the St. Anthony Complex Dynamothermal Aureole, Northwestern Newfoundland
(1981-03-15)
A study of 40Ar/39Ar age relationships of various structural levels of the St. Anthony Complex dynarnothermal aureole was undertaken. Units of the aureole dated include a small jacupirangite suite metamorphosed with the ...
The White Rock Formation Metavolcanics at Cape St. Mary, Nova Scotia: Petrography, Geochemistry, and Geologic Affinities.
(1981-03-15)
A 156 meter thick section of the Silurian White Rock Formation occurs at Cape St. Mary, southern Nova Scotia in the core of a southwest plunging syncline. It includes four metabasite units identified as basaltic flows, and ...
Whole Rock Analysis using the Electron Microprobe
(1981-03-15)
Rock powders ranging in composition from a peridotite to a granite were fused on molybdenum and tantalum strips in a vacuum and a nitrogen atmosphere. A low voltage high amperage source was used to melt the rock powders. ...
Depositional Analysis of the Upper Meguma (Halifax Formation) at Ovens Park, Lunenburg County, Nova Scotia
(1981-03-15)
Two sections of the Halifax Formation, Meguma Group (Lower Paleozoic) at Ovens Park, Nova Scotia, were examined for sedimentary structures, grain size and facies associations.
Interpretation of the depositional processes ...