Karst geology and hydrogeology of Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia: an overview

• Published in: Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences
• Main Authors: Baechler, Fred, Boehner, Robert
• Other Authors: Rivard, Christine
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Canadian Science Publishing 2014
• Subjects: General Earth and Planetary Sciences; Breton Island; Ice Sheet
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/cjes-2013-0157; http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/full-xml/10.1139/cjes-2013-0157; http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/cjes-2013-0157

Approximately 23% (2700 km 2 ) of Cape Breton Island consists of a wide variety of glaciated bedrock (meta-carbonates, carbonates, and evaporites) that has the potential for karst development. An additional 1100 km 2 of such strata have been inundated by post-glacial sea-level rise. There have been...