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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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Dún Briste (English: Dun Briste Sea Stack) is a natural sea stack or pilaster - in geomorphology called stack - that was formed in Ireland during the Carboniferous period, possibly Mississippian, approximately 350 million years ago. [1] Dún Briste sea stack
Geological Survey Ireland is a division of the Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment and is based in Booterstown in Dublin. [4] Its multidisciplinary staff work in sections such as groundwater, bedrock mapping (consisting of bedrock and quaternary/geotechnical), information management, heritage, marine and minerals.
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 ...
Geograph Ireland is a web-based project, initiated in 2010, [1] to create a freely accessible archive of geographically located photographs of the Republic of Ireland.It is a sister project to Geograph (launched in March 2005), [2] which also includes Northern Ireland.
Geological map of Ireland. The red line marks the Omagh Thrust Fault. The Omagh Thrust Fault is a geological fault in County Tyrone.It is of one of the most important structural discontinuities in Northern Ireland [1] and an extension of the Highland Boundary Fault which runs through Scotland.
Geology of Ireland (12 C, 25 P) H. Highest points of Irish counties ... Maps of Ireland (6 P) N. Natural disasters in Ireland (2 C, 7 P) Natural gas fields in Ireland ...