THE ACADIAN TRIASSIC 



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Contemporaneous erosion channels are seen west of the Waterside 

 wharf. 



The Waterside section is to be correlated with the Annapolis 

 formation, but, as no plant remains have been found in it, a more 

 definite correlation is impossible. 



Advocate Harbour. — At the southeastern end of Minas Basin 

 is Cape d'Or and north of it is Advocate Harbour. The shore from 

 Cape d'Or to Cape Spencer (Figs. 11, 12) is fronted by basalt 



Fig. 13. — Map of the Cape Sharp-Partridge Island region 



cliffs 100 feet or more in height. The lowlands on the north are 

 underlain by Triassic sandstone, and, farther north, by Carbonif- 

 erous sediments. North of the latter are the Cobequid Mountains, 

 fronted by a fault-line scarp rising abruptly from the lowlands. 



The upland from Cape d'Or to Cape Spencer, and the islands, 

 Isle Haute and Spencer Island, are composed of basalt flows dipping 

 southward at a low angle. Five flows are exposed at Cape d'Or 

 in drill-cores. The base of the flows rests on Newark shale and 

 sandstone of a white or red color. Both the basal amygdaloid and 

 the underlying sediments are penetrated by gypsum veins. 



North of Cape Spencer, very coarse conglomerates, which are 

 probably of Newark age, are exposed. The bowlders in this con- 

 glomerate are a foot or two in diameter. 



On the shore near West Advocate is the only other exposure 

 of Newark sediments in this area. Red sandstone, with some red 



