824 E. M. KINDLE BEPORMATIOK IN NOVA SCOTiA AND ONTARIO 



when the current is at the minimum strength , which is mostly picked iip 

 again by the strong ebb currents. The constant shifting of the equi- 

 librium between the two agencies, sedimentation and scour, results in 

 areas in which deposition is dominant and others wdiere erosion is the 

 ruling factor. In the latter areas some interesting features connected 



FiGtIKlO 1. 



iSection with dliiturhcd Beds between horizontal laininated iilltfi, Avon River, 

 Nova Scotia 



with sedimentation are sometimes well displayed. The iudividual lamincP 

 generally vary between one^eighth and one-quarter of an inch in thick- 

 ness. Some of the exposures exhibit horizontal beds which have been cut 

 into hollows, which later were filled by sediments in which the lamiucT 

 partake of the slope of the hollows which they fill and are thus deflectefl 

 from a bori/oiitnl nititiide through tJicir siihaqueons disconforrnable 

 relations. 



