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Originally appearing in Volume V01, Page 109 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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ACADIAN , in See also:

geology, the name given by See also:Sir J. W. See also:Dawson in 1867 to a See also:series of See also:black, red and See also:green shales and slates, with dark See also:grey limestones, which are well See also:developed at St See also:John, New See also:Brunswick; See also:Avalon in E. See also:Newfoundland, and See also:Braintree in E. See also:Massachusetts. These rocks are of See also:Middle See also:Cambrian See also:age and possess a Paradoxides See also:fauna. They have been correlated with See also:limestone beds in See also:Tennessee, See also:Alabama, Central See also:Nevada and See also:British See also:Columbia (St See also:Stephen). See CAMBRIAN See also:SYSTEM; also C. D. See also:Walcott, See also:Bull. U.S. Geol.

Survey, No. 81, 1891; and Sir J. W. Dawson, Acadian Geology, 1st ed. 1855, 3rd ed. 1878.

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