Seaward extension of the Canadian Appalachians

• Published in: Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences
• Main Authors: Sheridan, Robert E., Drake, Charles L.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Canadian Science Publishing 1968
• Subjects: General Earth and Planetary Sciences; Breton Island; Cabot; Newfoundland
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/e68-037; http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/e68-037

The subsurface geology of the Gulf of St. Lawrence and of the continental shelf off Nova Scotia and Newfoundland is interpreted primarily from the results of 37 seismic-refraction profiles. The Gulf of St. Lawrence is underlain by more than 7 km of Carboniferous sediments deposited in an east–west-t...