Woman encourages others to explore Nova Scotia during the covid bubble for fossils after discovery:
Joggins Nova Scotia is a well known fossil bed in the University Program here, taking her advice on her trip from Alberta I decided to do some of my own researching during the covid bubble here in Nova Scotia.
So I did, this is what I found.
Knowing the region here well I am claiming my discovery for St. Francis Xavier University where I did my work in Earth Sciences at the school in the Joggins Course as part of my Elective Coursebook.
My research area is Cow Bay just outside of the Halifax Metro in the Eastern Passage area which is gaining fast recognition as an expanding city tourist area in Nova Scotia.
Cow Bay to Eastern Passage is known here as the Salt Marsh Trail, out there similar to Joggins is a great marsh research area to discover and explore geographic land formations.
Cow Bay is a great area in Nova Scotia with beaches and beach front houses near Rainbow Haven and Rainbow Haven Beach a popular tourist stop here in Halifax.
Not documented on the internet is Wedge Island in Cow Bay which you can get out to somewhat on foot or by boat, Wedge Island itself is listed as a Historic Lighthouse Island that today is no longer needed because of it's remote location.
What I discovered is a tectonic land formation similar to Newfoundland's Ocean Floor fossil rage in the mountains in their Province.
Although the lighthouse is gone on Wedge Island there appears to be a small building there today that only looks accessible by boat and to me only looks like United States Military periscope sticking out of the ground on the Island and probably not blacked out yet on google.
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| Wedge Island, Cow Bay Nova Scotia |
The area at Wedge Island appears to be tectonic plate ridge similar to the Mid-Atlantic Ridge on the Atlantic Ocean floor and could in fact be a part of the ridge but also appears to a Pacific Ocean formation based on its tropical colors.
Recent earthquake's here in Halifax which has sunk a lot of the ground and parking lots like on Main Street at the Westphal Plaza could be connected to this ridge.
The earthquakes could actually be coming from the Mid-Atlantic Ridge and vibrating from this area around Wedge Island on this part of the Nova Scotia fault line.
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| Wedge Island, Nova Scotia |
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| Wedge Island Area |
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| Tectonic Plate Scraping At Wedge Island |
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| More Tectonic Plate Scraping Near Wedge Island |
However don't be alarmed, this part of the ridge is no longer the Ocean floor but according to it's appearance could have come up to the continental coastline at the break up of Pangaea in the Atlantic Ocean or also be part of a different land formation on the continental shelf and be Pacific or Tropical from a different previous land formation.
Scientists would have to determine it's actual origins from rock samples compared to the Mid-Atlantic and Pacific Ocean floor ridges like the Ocean floor formations in Newfoundland.
The Wedge Island is a clear tetonic plate scraping formation in Cow Bay just outside Halifax Metro at the Eastern Passage surfing and beach area.
So that is my discovery that I have claimed for St. Francis Xavier University from my Earth Sciences elective program like in Joggins, this area should be researched for Plate Tectonics, previous land formations and could also be a Pacific or Atlantic Ocean fossil bed.
Most of these areas, which there are plenty of, in Nova Scotia are not easily accessible or safe to visit but is a great research and study area with plenty of land formation areas for photos for University Text book studies for Geology and Earth Science Courses.
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