#7.  Geography & Geology

Berger, J., J.E. Blanchard, M.J. Keen, R.E. McAllister & C.F. Tsong. 1965. Geophysical observations on sediments and basement structure underlying Sable Island, Nova Scotia. American Association of Petroleum Geologists, Bulletin 49(7): 959-965.

Boyd, R., D.B. Scott & M. Douma.  1988.  Glacial tunnel valleys and Quaternary history of the outer Scotian Shelf.  Geological Survey of America Bulletin 99: 244-260.

Byrne, M.L. & S.B. McCann. 1990. Stratification and sedimentation in complex vegetated coastal dunes, Sable Island, Nova Scotia, Canada. Sedimentary Geology 66: 165-179.

Byrne, M.L. & S.B. McCann. 1993. The internal structure of vegetated coastal sand dunes, Sable Island, Nova Scotia. Sedimentary Geology 84: 199-218.

Byrne, M.L. & S.B. McCann. 1995. The dunescape of Sable Island. Canadian Geographer 39: 363-368.

Cameron, H.L. 1957. Sable Island - future petroleum trap. Journal of Alberta Society of Petroleum Geologists 5(5): 109-110.

Cameron, H.L. 1965. The shifting sands of Sable Island. Geographical Review 55(4): 463-476.

Gray, D.H. 1992. Where has Sable Island been for the past 200 years? CISM Journal ACSGC 46: 265-275.

Hennigar, T.W. 1976. Water resources and environmental geology of Sable Island, Nova Scotia. Report No. 76-1. Nova Scotia Department of the Environment, Halifax, N.S. 56 pages.

James, N.P. & D.J. Stanley. 1967. Sediment transport on Sable Island, Nova Scotia. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 152 (7): 1-33.  Abstract

James, N.P. & D.J. Stanley. 1968. Sable Island Bank off Nova Scotia: sediment dispersal and recent history. American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin 52: 2208-2230.

King, E.L. 2001. A glacial origin for Sable Island: ice and sea-level fluctuations from seismic stratigraphy on Sable Island Bank, Scotian Shelf, offshore Nova Scotia. Geological Survey of Canada, Current Research 2001-D19. 11 pages.

MacDonald, S.D. 1886. Sable Island, No.3 - its probable origin and submergence. Proceedings and Transactions of the Nova Scotia Institute of Science 6: 265-280.

McCann, S.B. & M.L. Byrne. 1989. Stratification models for vegetated coastal dunes in Atlantic Canada. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 96B: 203-215.

McCann, S.B. & M.L. Byrne. 1994. Dune morphology and the evolution of Sable Island, Nova Scotia, in historic times. Physical Geography 15: 342-357.

Medioli, F., D.J. Stanley & N. James. 1967. The physical influence of a paleosol on the morphology and preservation of Sable Island, off the coast of Nova Scotia. Proceedings VII Congress, International Association for Quaternary Research 9: 246-249.  Abstract

Ruffman, A., A.A.L. Miller & D.R. Scott. 1985. Holocene rise of relative sea level at Sable Island: correction and note. Geology 13: 661-663.

Scott, D.B., F.S. Medioli & T.E. Duffett. 1984. Holocene rise of relative sea level at Sable Island, Nova Scotia, Canada. Geology 12: 173-176.

Scott, D.B., R. Boyd & F.S. Medioli. 1987. Relative sea-level changes in Atlantic Canada: observed level and sedimentalogical changes vs. theoretical models. Soc. Econ. Paleo. Min. Publ. 41: 81-90.

Scott, D.B. et al. 1989. Holocene relative sea-level changes and quaternary glacial events on a continental shelf edge: Sable Island Bank. Geological Survey of Canada Contr. 24788: 105-119.

Scott, M.O.  1902.  The changing aspects of Sable Island.  Canadian Magazine 18: 341-349

Smith, H.A. 1975. Geology of the west Sable structure. Can. Cont. Margins and Offshore Petroleum Explor. p.133-153. Published by Canadian Society of Petroleum Geologists (Mem 4), Calgary, Alberta.

Terrasmae, J. & R.J. Mott. 1971. Post-glacial history and palynology of Sable Island, Nova Scotia. Geoscience and Man 3: 17-28  . Abstract

Willmore, P.L. & R. Tolmie. 1956. Geophysical observations on the history and structure of Sable Island. Transactions of the Royal Society of Canada 50, Series 3:13-20.