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Possible South-westward Continuations of the Cabot Fault

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RECENTLY, Wilson1 directed attention to the Cabot (Palaeozoic) fault through Newfoundland, the Bay of Fundy, and along the New England coast. He compared it tentatively with the San Andreas of California and the Great Glen of Scotland. My colleagues and I2–5 have suggested similar faults of sub-parallel trend to the south-westward.

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STRALEY, H. Possible South-westward Continuations of the Cabot Fault. Nature 206, 179–180 (1965). https://doi.org/10.1038/206179b0

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