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Bedrock geological map of Ireland. Layers of Upper Carboniferous sedimentary rocks, Loop Head, County Clare. The geology of Ireland consists of the study of the rock formations on the island of Ireland. It includes rocks from every age from Proterozoic to Holocene and a large variety of different rock types is represented.
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In 1966 he was appointed professor of Geology and Mineralogy at Trinity College Dublin, a post which he held until retirement in 1993. [3] He was president of the Geological Society, 1984–86. [4] In 2008 the Palaeontological Association awarded him the Lapworth Medal. [5] He has written over 150 scientific articles and three books.
Geological Survey Ireland produces maps, reports and databases, and acts as a knowledge centre and project partner in a number of aspects of Irish geology. [3] The organisation managed the Irish National Seabed Survey (INSS, 1999–2005), which on completion was the world's largest civilian marine mapping programme.
Jukes lectured in Dublin as professor of geology for many years, first at the Royal Dublin Society's Museum of Irish Industry, and afterwards at the Dublin Royal College of Science. During this period he wrote an article On the Mode of Formation of some of the River-valleys in the South of Ireland (Quarterly Journ. Geol. Soc. 1862).
The geology of Ireland is diverse. Different regions contain rocks belonging to different geological periods, dating back almost 2 billion years. The oldest known Irish rock is about 1.7 billion years old and is found on Inishtrahull Island off the north coast of Inishowen [ 4 ] [ 5 ] and on the mainland at Annagh Head on the Mullet Peninsula ...
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