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Inverness County rocks – and shakes

Dr. Ted Matheson and one of his students, Jessica MacIsaac, looking at the evidence of an earthquake 325 million years ago. (Photo credit: Dr. Jason Loxton)


July 16, 2025

-by Beverley Phillips

    Picture this.
    It’s 325 million years ago.
    Creignish. 
    It’s a warm day. Not a breath of wind.
    You’re standing in a broad valley, on the edge of a shallow lake. 
    A lake so big, you can’t see the other side.
    There’s scrubland behind you.
    A large crocodile-like creature swims lazily by. 
    This is what you might see if a time machine transported you back to Creignish, 325 million years ago, when we were about 10 to 15 degrees south of the equator, and slowly moving northward.

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