Geology and the Evolution of Landscape in the Kerry Geopark
Geology and the Evolution of Landscape in the Kerry Geopark
Geology and the Evolution of Landscape in the Kerry Geopark
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<strong>Geology</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Evolution</strong> <strong>of</strong> L<strong>and</strong>scape <strong>in</strong><br />
<strong>the</strong> <strong>Kerry</strong> <strong>Geopark</strong><br />
• Pre – Atlantic Rift Tensional Regimes;<br />
• Def<strong>in</strong>es a NNW – SSE Structural Gra<strong>in</strong>;<br />
• Seen <strong>in</strong> satellite <strong>and</strong> aerial images;<br />
• Directions such as <strong>the</strong> Sneem River;<br />
• Associated with Rift<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> North Sea<br />
<strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong> Porcup<strong>in</strong>e Trough;<br />
• Probable orig<strong>in</strong> <strong>of</strong> m<strong>in</strong>eralisation, e.g.<br />
Copper deposits <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> area.
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