A Field Guide To The Geology Of Western Ireland

Author : Paul D. Ryan
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3030974790
Total Pages : 435 pages
Book Rating : 4.94/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Field Guide to the Geology of Western Ireland written by Paul D. Ryan and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2022-07-16 with total page 435 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book contains a comprehensive field guide, including detailed itineraries and supporting data, to the Geology of Western Ireland, a classic site for world geology. It facilitates study into the rock record of the Neoproterozoic ‘birth’ to the Devonian ‘death’ of the Iapetus Ocean along the Laurentian (North American) margin. The enormous variety of lithologies and processes available for study in this spectacularly exposed region include: fluviatile to deep-sea sediments; layered ultramafic intrusions to reverse zoned granite batholiths; zeolite to eclogite facies metamorphic assemblages; continental rifting; subduction processes; island arc evolution; arc-continent collision; Andean margin development; and continent-continent collision. An introduction to the geology, that includes information relevant to the planning and execution of field trips in the region, is followed by nine chapters each providing the necessary background, field itineraries, exercises and points for debate, covering: the Laurentian basement and Neoproterozoic cover of North Mayo, Sligo, the Ox Mountains and Connemara; the metamorphic nappes and syn-orogenic intrusions of the Ordovician Grampian Orogeny; the Cambro-Ordovician subduction-accretion complex of Clew Bay; the obducted Ordovician fore-arc basin of South Mayo; the post-subduction flip late-Ordovician of South Connemara; the Silurian successor basins deformed during the final closure of the Iapetus Ocean; the late to post-orogenic Devonian sediments; the Devonian Granite batholiths ; and the post-orogenic Carboniferous cratonic sediments. Two final chapters summarise: the current tectonic interpretation of this region; areas for future research; and the extensive sources of geochemical and geophysical data.

Author : P. A. Meere
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781848891661
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.60/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Geology of Ireland written by P. A. Meere and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A beautifully illustrated field guide to Ireland's geology, which is both varied and spectacular.

Author : James L. Best
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1119257158
Total Pages : 414 pages
Book Rating : 4.58/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Field Guide to the Carboniferous Sediments of the Shannon Basin, Western Ireland written by James L. Best and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2016-04-26 with total page 414 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Carboniferous Shannon Basin of Western Ireland has become one of the most visited field areas in the world. It provides an ideal opportunity for examining a wide range of ancient sedimentary environments, including carbonate shelf, reefs and mud mounds, black shales and phosphates, and a spectrum of deep sea, shallow marine, fluvio-deltaic and alluvial siliciclastic sediments. The area boasts extensive outcrops and some of the most renowned sections through turbidites, large-scale soft sediment deformation features and sediments that display a response to tectonic and sea-level controls. This field guide provides the first synthesis of the principal localities in this area of Western Ireland, and presents an easily accessible handbook that will guide the reader to, and within, a wide range of sedimentary facies, allowing an understanding of the evolving nature of the fill of this Carboniferous basin and the context of its sedimentary and tectonic evolution. The guide summarizes recent and new work in the area by a range of authors and outlines issues of current debate concerning the Shannon Basin and its palaeoenvironmental interpretation. The field guide will find extensive use in teaching and research by academic researchers, professional and amateur geologists, as well as by applied geologists, geophysicists and reservoir engineers who use these outcrops as analogues for subsurface reservoirs in many areas of the world.

Author : Peter Coxon
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780907780656
Total Pages : 220 pages
Book Rating : 4.52/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Quaternary of Central Western Ireland written by Peter Coxon and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Charles Hepworth Holland
Publisher : Liverpool University Press
ISBN 13 : 178046679X
Total Pages : 1133 pages
Book Rating : 4.98/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Geology of Ireland written by Charles Hepworth Holland and published by Liverpool University Press. This book was released on 2022-07-18 with total page 1133 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Geology of Ireland is about the island of Ireland as a physical whole and includes chapters on marine geology and the history of geology in Ireland. The text is intended for professional geologists and students of geology.

Author : James L. Best
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1119257131
Total Pages : 392 pages
Book Rating : 4.34/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Field Guide to the Carboniferous Sediments of the Shannon Basin, Western Ireland written by James L. Best and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2016-04-28 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Carboniferous Shannon Basin of Western Ireland has become one of the most visited field areas in the world. It provides an ideal opportunity for examining a wide range of ancient sedimentary environments, including carbonate shelf, reefs and mud mounds, black shales and phosphates, and a spectrum of deep sea, shallow marine, fluvio-deltaic and alluvial siliciclastic sediments. The area boasts extensive outcrops and some of the most renowned sections through turbidites, large-scale soft sediment deformation features and sediments that display a response to tectonic and sea-level controls. This field guide provides the first synthesis of the principal localities in this area of Western Ireland, and presents an easily accessible handbook that will guide the reader to, and within, a wide range of sedimentary facies, allowing an understanding of the evolving nature of the fill of this Carboniferous basin and the context of its sedimentary and tectonic evolution. The guide summarizes recent and new work in the area by a range of authors and outlines issues of current debate concerning the Shannon Basin and its palaeoenvironmental interpretation. The field guide will find extensive use in teaching and research by academic researchers, professional and amateur geologists, as well as by applied geologists, geophysicists and reservoir engineers who use these outcrops as analogues for subsurface reservoirs in many areas of the world.

Author : Martin Feely
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 1040099807
Total Pages : 211 pages
Book Rating : 4.03/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Geology of Connemara in Western Ireland written by Martin Feely and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2024-08-14 with total page 211 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Connemara region in Western Ireland is world-renowned for its outstanding geology that is blended with spectacular landscapes. This book and its many colourful illustrations, maps, diagrams, field and landscape images detail the origin and formation of Connemara’s metamorphic and igneous rocks in deep time from 700 to 380 million years ago. It combines many field geology observations and current research results, and describes the many geological processes involved in the formation of the bedrock foundations of Connemara: plate tectonics, granite magmatism, deformation, metamorphism and mineral deposits. An amazing book for students and geological societies that visit the region annually. Features The only book available on the formation of the igneous and metamorphic rock complexes in Connemara Explores the regional geological context of Connemara from ~700 Ma to 385 Ma Incorporates the most up-to-date research results and many useful field images, maps and schematic diagrams for teacher and student alike Describes the deformation, metamorphic and magmatic histories in Pressure-Temperature-time (PTt) space Includes a chapter dedicated to the application of fluid inclusion studies to magmatic and hydrothermal mineralization in the Galway Granite Complex and its environs This book serves as a resource for professionals, academics and senior undergraduate and graduate students working and studying in the fields of geology, earth sciences and environmental sciences.

Author : Stephan Harrison
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780907780533
Total Pages : 156 pages
Book Rating : 4.39/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Quaternary of South West Ireland written by Stephan Harrison and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Christopher J. Burton
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 132 pages
Book Rating : 4.48/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Field Guide to the Geology of Madeira written by Christopher J. Burton and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Christopher M. Bailey
Publisher : Geological Society of America
ISBN 13 : 0813700477
Total Pages : 184 pages
Book Rating : 4.72/5 ( download)

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Download or read book From the Blue Ridge to the Beach written by Christopher M. Bailey and published by Geological Society of America. This book was released on 2017-03-17 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Seven chapters explore the diverse geology of Virginia, from its Appalachian highlands to the Atlantic shore.