Annapolis Valley
valley on south side of Bay of Fundy between the North and South Mountains
Antigonish Basin
Carboniferous basin east of Antigonish
Antigonish Highlands
Paleozoic basement rocks west of Antigonish
Aspy Fault
exposed fault in the northern Cape Breton Highlands
Aspy Terrane
western Cape Breton Island
Avon River
estuary opening into the Minas Basin
Barrington Passage Pluton
tonalite pluton in southernmost Nova Scotia
Bay of Fundy
arm of sea separating Nova Scotia from New Brunswick
Blair River Inlier
Precambrian rocks in northernmost Cape Breton Island
Blomidon Formation
Triassic rocks immediately below North Mountain Basalt
Bras d'Or Terrane
central Cape Breton Island
Brenton Pluton
440 Ma pluton in southwestern mainland
Canso Fault
in the strait between Cape Breton Island and mainland Nova Scotia
Canso plutons
easternmost mainland Nova Scotia
Cape Chignecto
western tip of mainland northern Nova Scotia
Cape d'Or
on northern side of Bay of Fundy
Cape Split
eastern tip of the North Mountain Basalt
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Chaswood Formation
small Cretaceous unit in the Musquodoboit Valley
Cobequid-Chedabucto Fault System
fault extending across the middle of Nova Scotia
Cobequid Highlands
upland area north of the Cobequid-Chedabucto fault system
Cumberland Basin
Carboniferous rocks of northern Nova Scotia (western end)
Cumberland Group
Pennsylvanian rocks sitting nonconformably on the Windsor and Mabou groups
Goldenville Group
major part of the Meguma Terrane metasedimentary assemblage
Halifax Group
part of the Meguma Terrane metasedimentary assemblage
Halifax Harbour
central Atlantic coastline
Hollow Fault
extending from Cobequid-Chedabucto fault system along the west coast of Cape Breton Island
Horton Group
abundant Carboniferous basin-fill rocks across much of central and eastern Nova Scotia (usually coloured yellow)
Ile Haute
island in the Bay of Fundy
Kinsac Pluton
small pluton north of Halifax
Mabou Group
intermittently present between the Windsor and Cumberland groups
Meguma Terrane
the southern half of Nova Scotia
Minas Basin
upper part of the Bay of Fundy system
Minas Channel
connects Minas Basin with main Bay of Fundy
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Mira Terrane
southeastern Cape Breton Island
Musquodoboit Pluton
long pluton east of Halifax
North Mountain Basalt
between the Annapolis Valley and Bay of Fundy
Orpheus Graben
offshore basin east of Canso
Parrsboro
Town on north side of Minas
Channel, famous geologically for sitting on the Cobequid-Chedabucto Fault System,
for the discovery of Late Jurassic dinosaurs, and for the annual rock
and mineral show.
Port Mouton Pluton
pluton on the South Shore
Sable Island
Ice Age remnant sand bar island on edge of continental shelf
St. Marys Basin
sedimentary basin south of the Cobequid-Chedabucto fault system
Scots Bay Limestone
minor unit on top of North Mountain Basalt
Seal Island Pluton
extreme southwestern Nova Scotia
Shelburne Dyke
Early Jurassic dyke stretching from Pubnico nearly to Halifax
Shelburne Pluton
granite pluton in southern Nova Scotia
Shubenacadie Basin
Carboniferous basin in central Nova Scotia
South Mountain Batholith
large granitic mass in southern Nova Scotia
Stellarton Basin
Carboniferous basin in northern mainland Nova Scotia
Strait of Canso
Narrow, deep strait between Cape Breton Island and mainland Nova Scotia
Sydney Basin
Carboniferous basin in eastern Cape Breton Island
Trafalgar Plutonic Suite
Devonian granitic rocks adjacent to the Cobequid-Chedabucto Fault Zone
Wedgeport Pluton
granite pluton in westernmost Nova Scotia
White Rock, Kentville and New Canaan formations
Silurian-Devonian units on the northwestern side of the South Mountain Batholith
Windsor Basin
Carboniferous basin in western Nova Scotia
Windsor Group
extensive Carboniferous unit stretching preserved sporadically over most of the province (usually coloured blue)
Wolfville Formation
southern unit in the Annapolis Valley
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