Where was Nova Scotia?
At the beginning of the Triassic period, Nova Scotia was located near the equator near the middle of a single supercontinent called Pangea, or “One Earth.” Wedged between present-day Africa and North America, it was far from the moderating influence of the ocean. There was no Bay of Fundy, no Gulf of St. Lawrence and no Atlantic Ocean. The part of Pangea now represented by Nova Scotia was above sea level. In the Late Triassic, the earth entered a time of great change. Parts of the earth’s crust weakened and the continental plates that made up the supercontinent Pangea began to drift apart. This process formed what is now the Atlantic Ocean. Nova Scotia remained attached to the North American continental plate. Rocks of Nova Scotia From the Permian Period to the middle of the Triassic Period, Nova Scotia was experiencing the erosional effects of a hot, arid climate. Early to Middle Triassic rocks are therefore absent from the province. In Nova Scotia, the opening of the Atlantic Ocean p
