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Index of Subjects This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_005C_01D17ADD.9377FB50 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi All, Mar 10, 2016 I wonder if this is just some lark.=20 The statement ""The fossils show that wildfires raged through the = earliest pine forests and probably shaped the evolution of this = important tree." seems like a rather large extrapolation from one = charred twig.=20 My 1994 geology map of Nova Scotia shows Cretaceous exposures only = offshore and consisting of clay, silica sand and (sometimes) lignite.=20 It is possible that some Cretaceous exposures on land have been = discovered since then but plant fragments could be preserved only in = shales (lignite perhaps) and why would shale be quarried ?=20 As to the name of the pine it would appear to be Scorched Pine. At = one time abundant in Scorched Land; called Scotland after they all the = pines there got scorched off. Yt, Dave Webster, Kentville ----- Original Message -----=20 From: D W Bridgehouse=20 To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca=20 Sent: Thursday, March 10, 2016 12:43 PM Subject: Re: [NatureNS] Fossil of oldest pine tree discovered in NS = quarry Interesting article Ken ! =E2=80=9CDr Falcon-Lang plans to return to the quarry this summer to = recover more specimens.=E2=80=9D It would be interesting to know when he comes and then learn of the = location =E2=80=93 could it possibly be CB or Cumberland Co where coal = has been mined ?? Would nt he need permission to remove fossils from NS = or is that grandfathered from 5years ago . Is there a diff between Scots Pine and Scotch Pine ?? we have scotch = pine in NS do we not ?? db From: Ken J MacAulay=20 Sent: Thursday, March 10, 2016 12:22 PM To: mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca=20 Subject: [NatureNS] Fossil of oldest pine tree discovered in NS quarry Apparently this was discovered five years ago and has only now been = analyzed. There is no mention of the location of the quarry in the = article. http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-35767640 Ken MacAulay Port Mouton, NS No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2016.0.7442 / Virus Database: 4540/11788 - Release Date: = 03/10/16 ------=_NextPart_000_005C_01D17ADD.9377FB50 Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable =EF=BB=BF<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META content=3D"text/html; charset=3Dutf-8" http-equiv=3DContent-Type> <META name=3DGENERATOR content=3D"MSHTML 8.00.6001.23588"> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY dir=3Dltr bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV>Hi All, =20 Mar 10, = 2016</DIV> <DIV> I wonder if this is just some lark. </DIV> <DIV> The statement "<SPAN=20 style=3D"WIDOWS: 1; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; BACKGROUND-COLOR: = rgb(255,255,255); TEXT-INDENT: 0px; DISPLAY: inline !important; FONT: = 18px/23px Helmet, Freesans, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; WHITE-SPACE: = normal; FLOAT: none; LETTER-SPACING: normal; COLOR: rgb(64,64,64); = WORD-SPACING: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px">"The=20 fossils show that wildfires raged through the earliest pine forests and = probably=20 shaped the evolution of this important tree." seems like a rather large=20 extrapolation from one charred twig. </SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN=20 style=3D"WIDOWS: 1; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; BACKGROUND-COLOR: = rgb(255,255,255); TEXT-INDENT: 0px; DISPLAY: inline !important; FONT: = 18px/23px Helmet, Freesans, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; WHITE-SPACE: = normal; FLOAT: none; LETTER-SPACING: normal; COLOR: rgb(64,64,64); = WORD-SPACING: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px"> =20 My 1994 geology map of Nova Scotia shows Cretaceous exposures only = offshore and=20 consisting of clay, silica sand and (sometimes) lignite. </SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN=20 style=3D"WIDOWS: 1; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; BACKGROUND-COLOR: = rgb(255,255,255); TEXT-INDENT: 0px; DISPLAY: inline !important; FONT: = 18px/23px Helmet, Freesans, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; WHITE-SPACE: = normal; FLOAT: none; LETTER-SPACING: normal; COLOR: rgb(64,64,64); = WORD-SPACING: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px"> =20 It is possible that some Cretaceous exposures on land have been = discovered=20 since then but plant fragments could be preserved only in shales = (lignite=20 perhaps) and why would shale be quarried ? </SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN=20 style=3D"WIDOWS: 1; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; BACKGROUND-COLOR: = rgb(255,255,255); TEXT-INDENT: 0px; DISPLAY: inline !important; FONT: = 18px/23px Helmet, Freesans, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; WHITE-SPACE: = normal; FLOAT: none; LETTER-SPACING: normal; COLOR: rgb(64,64,64); = WORD-SPACING: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px"></SPAN><SPAN=20 style=3D"WIDOWS: 1; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; BACKGROUND-COLOR: = rgb(255,255,255); TEXT-INDENT: 0px; DISPLAY: inline !important; FONT: = 18px/23px Helmet, Freesans, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; WHITE-SPACE: = normal; FLOAT: none; LETTER-SPACING: normal; COLOR: rgb(64,64,64); = WORD-SPACING: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px"> =20 As to the name of the pine it would appear to be Scorched Pine. At one = time=20 abundant in Scorched Land; called Scotland after they all the pines = there got=20 scorched off.</SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN=20 style=3D"WIDOWS: 1; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; BACKGROUND-COLOR: = rgb(255,255,255); TEXT-INDENT: 0px; DISPLAY: inline !important; FONT: = 18px/23px Helmet, Freesans, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; WHITE-SPACE: = normal; FLOAT: none; LETTER-SPACING: normal; COLOR: rgb(64,64,64); = WORD-SPACING: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px">Yt,=20 Dave Webster, Kentville</SPAN></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE=20 style=3D"BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; = PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"=20 dir=3Dltr> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV=20 style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial; BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B>=20 <A