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The land of Ireland is largely of Precambrian and Palaeozoic rocks, amply covered by the drift deposits of the very latest episodes of geological history. In The Geology of Ireland , this history is traced and explained from Precambrian times to the present. Contributing specialists tell this long geological story from these early beginnings to the modern day in a sequence of specific contributions dealing with each period in its context. The Geology of Ireland is about the island of Ireland as a physical whole. Studies of marine geology and geophysics show that the Irish coastline does not capriciously cut off from observation a solid geology continuous in character from that of the land. Thus a short account of Ireland's economically important offshore is provided in the book.

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Author:   Charles Hepworth Holland
Publisher:   Dunedin Academic Press
Imprint:   Dunedin Academic Press
Edition:   New edition
Weight:   1.588kg
ISBN:  

9781903765043

ISBN 10:   1903765048
Pages:   544
Publication Date:   07 October 2013
Audience:   General/trade ,  College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  General ,  Undergraduate
Replaced By:   9781903765722
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   Out of stock  

Table of Contents

1. Introduction. C.H. Holland 2. Precambrian. J.S. Daly 3. The Grampian Orogeny. W.E.A. Phillips 4. Cambrian of Leinster. C.H.Holland 5. Ordovician. J.R. Graham 6. Silurian. C.H.Holland 7. Caledonian Igneous Activity. C.J. Stillman 8. Caledonian Deformation.R.H.W. Bradshaw 9. Devonian. J.R. Graham 10 Carboniferous (Dinantian). G.D.Sevastopulo 11. Carboniferous (Silesian). G.D. Sevastopulo 12. Variscan Structures. J.R. Graham 13. Permian and Mesozoic. H.E. Wilson, R.E.H. Reid, and R.A. Smith 14. Tertiary Igneous Activity. J. Preston 15. Geophysical Evidence. T. Murphy and A.W.B. Jacob 16. Cenozoic: Tertiary and Quaternary (until 10,000 years before present). P. Coxon 17. The Littletonian Warm Stage - Post 10,000 BP W.E.A. Phillips 18. Geology of Offshore Ireland. D. Naylor 19. History of Irish Geology G.L. Herries Davies

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Professor Charles Holland, the General Editor, is a retired Professor of Geology and Mineralogy at Trinity College, Dublin where he continues to work as an Emeritus Fellow. He is a past President of the Geological Society and of the Palaeontological Association.

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