Provenance of fossiliferous clasts in Carboniferous conglomerate, Isle Madame, southern Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia

• Published in: Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences
• Main Authors: Boucot, Arthur J, Landing, Ed, Boyce, W Douglas, Barr, Sandra M, White, Chris E
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Canadian Science Publishing 2006
• Subjects: General Earth and Planetary Sciences; Breton Island
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/e05-110; http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/e05-110

Fossiliferous clasts occur in Carboniferous conglomerate in the Horton Group on western Isle Madame and in the Mabou Group on eastern Isle Madame. Most of the clasts (21 of 23 examined) are calcareous siltstone and sandstone that contain Silurian – Lower Devonian faunas comparable to those in the Ar...