Joggins Cliff on Nova Scotia: the most spectacular view into Upper Carboniferous time.

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Dullo, Wolf-Christian and Devey, Colin (2016) Joggins Cliff on Nova Scotia: the most spectacular view into Upper Carboniferous time. International Journal of Earth Sciences, 105 (2). pp. 581-582. DOI 10.1007/s00531-015-1256-1.

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Abstract

The Joggins Cliff (45°41′40″N; 64°27′02″W) exposes a unique section through Upper Carboniferous sequences (the “Coal Age Forests”), deposited in the Cumberland basin of northwestern Nova Scotia (Canada) around 315 Ma ago. It is designated a UNESCO world heritage site for the geological insights it contains, including details of the tropical Carboniferous amphibious environment and the first fossils of land-living reptiles (and therewith the first animals to give birth on land) in their environmental context. This is one of the marine basins of the Atlantic Canadian margin, which were filled from Devonian until the end of the Permian time. (...)

Document Type: Article
Additional Information: WOS:000370171400007
Keywords: Joggins Cliff, Nova Scotia, Canada, Upper Carboniferous sequences
Research affiliation: OceanRep > GEOMAR > FB1 Ocean Circulation and Climate Dynamics > FB1-P-OZ Paleo-Oceanography
OceanRep > GEOMAR > FB4 Dynamics of the Ocean Floor > FB4-MUHS Magmatic and Hydrothermal Systems
Refereed: Yes
Open Access Journal?: No
Publisher: Springer
Date Deposited: 16 Dec 2015 14:17
Last Modified: 01 Feb 2019 15:02
URI: https://oceanrep.geomar.de/id/eprint/30655

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