Colin McKenzie

B. Sc. Honours Thesis

Paleoenvironmental and Economic Considerations on Carbonate-Sulphate-Lutite Lithologies (Mississippian) from Dutch Settlement, Nova Scotia

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Mississippian carbonate-sulphate-lutite lithologies from Dutch Settlement Nova Scotia show textural, structural and depositional features generally ascribed to sediments deposited under hot, dry climatic conditions in shallow, hypersaline marine and supratidal environments. Recent analogies are found on the Trucial Coast, Persian Gulf and in Shark Bay, Western Australia.

Gypsum found here is the “dark rock” variety, of high purity and occurs in economic thicknesses. The near-by National Gypsum Company quarry is good evidence of the economic potential of the area.

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Pages: 42
Supervisor: Paul E. Schenk