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Thoroughly revised and updated in light of recent research and with new chapters and contributors this is the first edition of 'The Geology of Ireland' to be illustrated in colour.
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 chapters dealing with each period in its context.
'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.
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
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.
Reviews of the first edition - an ambitious work - Holland has seen the need that the account be written by a team of experts, each a specialist in his own field. This is the successful format [of this work]A" Mineralogical Magazine - a wealth of valuable information - well illustrated - a valuable reference.A" Geological Magazine This book is an excellent introduction to the geology of Ireland - a full suite of references gives the reader an excellent entry point into the details of Irish geology.A" Newsletter of the Palaeontological Association a mountain of data, unashamedly scholarly and stuffed with references.A" New Scientist This book is a necessity and will be used widely both as a reference and as an essential aid.A" Environmental Geology
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