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ACADIAN GEOLOGY. 



III. rALJEOzoic, OR Primary, — Continued. 



Formntions recognised in the 

 Acadian Provinces. 



■ Plant-bearing beds of St 

 John, N. Brunswick. 



{ Sandstones of Rcstigouche. 

 Slates, Sandstones, and Iron 

 Ore, of Bear R., Nictaux, 

 etc. 



' Upper Arisaig Series. 

 (Cobequid Mt. Sei-ies.) 

 Limestones, etc., of Dal- 

 housie and Restigoiiche. 

 '^ '\ New Canaan Slates, etc. 

 Lower Arisaig Series. 

 (Kingston Series, N. B.) 



Upper Members not found. 



Atlantic Coast Metamor- 

 phic Series, and Metamor- 

 phic Band of Northern 

 New Brunswick. 



St John, or Acadian Series. 



S 



Coldbrook Group, N. B. 



Canada. 



Representatives in 

 United States. 



Portage & Che- 

 mung Series.* 



Hamilton ,, 



Corniferous 

 Limestone „ 



Oriskany ,, 



Lower Helder- 

 berg Series. 

 Onondaga ,, 

 Guelph ,, 

 Niagara „ 

 Clinton „ 

 Medina „ 

 (Anticosti Gr.) 



Hudson R. Ser. 

 Utica „ 



Trenton „ 

 Black R. „ 



Chazy „ 

 Quebec „ 

 Calciferous. 

 U. Potsdam. 



L. Potsdam. 



Huronian 



Series. 



Portage and 

 Chemung. 

 Hamilton. 

 Upper Helder- 

 berg. 

 Oriskany. 



Lower Helder- 

 berg. 



Salina. 



Niagara. 

 Clinton. 

 Medina and 

 Oneida. 



Hudson R. 

 Utica. 

 Trenton. 

 Black R. 



Chazy, 

 Quebec. 

 Calciferous. 

 U. Potsdam. 



L. Potsdam. 



Huronian 



Series. 



Britain. 



Upper, 

 Middle, and 

 Lower 

 Devonian. 



Up'^ & Lower 



Ludlow. 

 Wenlock 



Limestone 



and Shale. 

 Upper and 



Lower 



Llandovery, 



Caradoc and 

 Bala. 



Llandeilo. 



Tremadoc. 

 Lingula 

 Flags. 



Longmynd 



Series. 



IV. Eozoic, OR Laurentian. 



In the above Table the formations of Canada have been taken 

 from Logan's Report, those of the United States from Dana, and 

 those of Great Britain from Murchison and Lyell. 



In Eastern Canada, Gaspe Sandstones. 



