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Aeolian cross-stratification in the Devonian of the Dingle Peninsula, County Kerry, Ireland

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 May 2009

Ralph R. Horne
Ralph R. Horne
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Geological Survey of Ireland, 14 Hume Street, Dublin 2
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Summary

Cross-stratified units, of the order of 1 to 12 m thick, are described from the Devonian Slieve Mish Group in the Dingle Peninsula of south-west Ireland. They are composed entirely of purplish-red or yellowish-grey and violet, medium- to fine-grained sandstone. An aeolian origin for this cross-stratification is indicated by the large size and morphology of the fore-sets, the excellent sorting of the sandstones and the associated evidence of aridity in a continental environment within a restricted basin.

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Geological Magazine , Volume 108 , Issue 2 , May 1971 , pp. 151 - 158
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1971

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