Geology of and climatic indicators in the Westphalian A New Glasgow formation, Nova Scotia, Canada: implications for the genesis of coal and of sandstone-hosted lead deposits

• Published in: Atlantic Geology
• Main Author: Chandler, F. W.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Atlantic Geoscience Society 1998
• Subjects: Breton Island; Canada; The Toe
• Online Access: https://journals.lib.unb.ca/index.php/ag/article/view/2039

By the Late Carboniferous, Late Paleozoic northward drift of the continent Laurentia had carried Nova Scotia from the southern dry climate belt into the equatorial rainy belt. Carboniferous amalgamation of Laurentia with the southern continent Gondwana enclosed the area within the new supercontinent...