Determination of nearshore geologic structure off western Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, using high-resolution marine magnetics

• Published in: Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences
• Main Authors: Dehler, Sonya A, Potter, D Patrick
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Canadian Science Publishing 2002
• Subjects: General Earth and Planetary Sciences; Breton Island; Magdalen
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/e02-057; http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/e02-057

New high-resolution magnetic data have been acquired along the coast of western Cape Breton Island near Cheticamp, Nova Scotia, in a transition zone between exposed, elevated basement of the Cape Breton highlands and the adjacent Carboniferous sediment-filled Magdalen Basin. These data were collecte...