A shoreline exposure along the Bay of Fundy at low tide shows a section of cliffs (~30 meters high) formed by tilted beds of the lower portion of the Joggins Formation. The alternating hard and soft layers comprise interbedded sandstone, limestone, shale, and coal. The cliffs are topped by a thick deposit of non-indurated glacial till, supporting trees and scrub in the middle distance. An intertidal boulder field in the foreground is covered in a thick growth of brown algae. Several people can be seen at the far edge of the boulder field walking towards the cliffs.

This #Strataday we're at another 🇨🇦 #UNESCOWorldHeritageSite: #JogginsFossilCliffs, #NovaScotia, often referred to as a "Coal Age Galápagos" for the abundance & diversity of #Carboniferous (Pennsylvanian ~310 MYA) #fossils. Here, tilted beds of the Joggins Fm are capped by Pleistocene glacial tills.