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 />
• The area may have provided <strong>the</strong> first foothold for<br />
humans <strong>in</strong> Mesolithic times;<br />
• The story <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Geopark</strong> is one <strong>of</strong> <strong>in</strong>teraction <strong>of</strong><br />
human colonisation with <strong>the</strong> geological features<br />
giv<strong>in</strong>g <strong>the</strong> mosaic <strong>of</strong> geology, archaeology, l<strong>and</strong><br />
use <strong>and</strong> culture we see today..<br />
• From <strong>the</strong> Devonian with its Tetrapods to <strong>the</strong><br />
Present time <strong>and</strong> possible Mesolithic settlement,<br />
<strong>the</strong> <strong>Kerry</strong> <strong>Geopark</strong> area provided a foothold for<br />
organic life result<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> l<strong>and</strong>scape we see<br />
today.
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