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outcrops on the shore from Bennetts Cove 

 to Ells Brook (Fig. 27). From this point 

 to the north shore of the Bay there are 

 no outcrops. Along the north shore 

 toward Cape Sharp, the amygdaloid has 

 been eroded, exposing the solid basalt 

 beneath. In places this basalt is colum- 

 nar, and in other places it contains balls, 

 a foot or more in length, composed of 

 dense basalt surrounded by amygdaloidal 

 rims. The balls are not sufficiently 

 abundant for the basalt to be called a 

 pillow lava. 



The younger, sedimentary formation, 

 named for its occurrence on the south 

 side of Scots Bay, the Scots Bay forma- 

 tion, has a thickness of 25 feet. It was 

 discovered by Ells in 1876, and described 

 by him 1 and later by Haycock. 2 It con- 

 sists of white, very calcareous sandstone, 

 quite distinct in color from any other 

 Triassic sandstone of Acadia, with some 

 interbedded shale and normal sandstone. 



The Scots Bay formation outcrops in 

 five small synclines between Scots Bay 

 and Bennetts Bay (formerly called Wood- 

 worth Bay). These small remnants rest 

 conformably on the basalt, contrary to 

 the opinion of Haycock, and are pre- 

 served in small synclines in the basalt. 

 They extend southeast only a few hundred 

 feet, as the topographic slope of the 



1 R. W. Ells, "Notes on Recent Sedimentary 

 Formation on the Bay of Fundy Coast," Trans. N.S. 

 Inst. Sci., VIII (1894), 416-19. 



2 Ernest Haycock, "Records of Post-Triassic 

 Changes in Kings County, Nova Scotia," ibid., X 

 (1900), 287-302. 



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