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<strong>in</strong>g to Pleistocene Ice<br />
Age;<br />
• Erosion <strong>of</strong> Devonian s<strong>and</strong>stones <strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />
major jo<strong>in</strong>t pattern <strong>in</strong>to <strong>the</strong> broad<br />
topography we see today.<br />
• Some <strong>in</strong>trusion <strong>of</strong> Tertiary Igneous Rocks,<br />
e.g. Dyke at Hog’s Head (20 m.y.a)
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