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ACADIAN , in geology, the name given by Sir J. W. Dawson in 1867 to a series of black, red and green shales and slates, with dark grey limestones, which are well developed at St John, New Brunswick; Avalon in E. Newfoundland
Braintree
Massachusetts . These rocks are of Middle Cambrian age and possess a Paradoxides fauna. They have been correlated with limestone beds in Tennessee
Alabama
Columbia
See CAMBRIAN SYSTEM
Bull . U.S. Geol. Survey, No. 81, 1891; and Sir J. W. Dawson , Acadian Geology, 1st ed. 1855, 3rd ed. 1878.End of Article: ACADIAN If you wish, you can link directly to this article.
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