SIDNEY POWERS 



Minas Basin is bounded by Triassic rocks, below and around 

 which are Carboniferous and Permian strata. To the north, 

 separated by a normal fault, are the Cobequid Mountains, which 

 are composed of Silurian schists and quartzites with various 



TRIASSIC AREAS 



OF - 



Eastern North America 



Based on Maps by 



Russell and Hobbs 



Reprodvctct from 3u//. 6, ConnecT/cut 

 Geo/oy/'ca/ aid A/ofura/ M /story Survey 

 tv/f/t modifica7}'onS hy S/cfney fhr/ers 



Fig. i. — The Newark group in North America 



associated igneous rocks. North and west of the Cobequids are 

 Carboniferous and Permian strata, stretching northward over the 

 Magdalen Islands and over Prince Edward Island. 



THE NEWARK GROUP IN THE ACADIAN AREA 



The first reference to the Triassic in the Maritime Provinces 

 is by Alger, in 1827. 1 Six years later, a description of the Triassic 



1 F. Alger, "Notes on the Mineralogy of Nova Scotia,". 4 m.Jour. ScL, XII (1827), 

 227-32. 



