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Description: Dolerite (diabase) sill of Mid-Carboniferous age cutting shales and sandstones of the Lower Carboniferous Horton Group, Horton Bluff, near Cheverie, Minas Basin South Shore, Nova Scotia, Canada. The sill is the more resistant band.
Title: Horton Bluff mid-Carboniferous sill
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