Abstract
Four hundred million years ago, when the supercontinent Pangea wastorn apart, a piece of the continental crust from material that is now partof Africa broke off on the North American side. That piece of Africabecame southern Nova Scotia. The African rock was made of materialdeposited by ancient turbidity currents. Created by submarine landslides,turbidity currents still happen today. Whether evaluating these sedimentaryrocks for oil and gas deposits or for building a city, or studying thepossibility of future turbidity currents along the coast to be prepared fora tsunami, turbidity currents are studied by scientists because they havean impact on Nova Scotians.Keywords: turbidite, turbidity current, Grand Banks earthquake,
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