Preliminary Stratigraphy and Structure of the Scotsburn Anticline Area, Pictou County, Nova Scotia

The Scotsburn Anticline is an ENE-trending upright fold structure that deforms DevonoCarboniferous strata exposed in the easternmost part of the Cobequid Highlands in Pictou County, Nova Scotia (Fig. 1). The Scotsburn Anticline area was targeted for new mapping in 2012 for two reasons. First, after several years of study, Trevor MacHattie and Chris White of the Nova Scotia Department of Natural Resources are close to completing a revised map interpretation of the Eastern Cobequid Highlands; a revised map of the Scotsburn Anticline area was seen to be an important complement to their work. Second, a revised map of the Scotsburn Anticline area provided the opportunity to revisit some of the outstanding stratigraphic and structural uncertainties brought to light by previous mapping projects.