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IV.—Geology of West Galway and S.W. Mayo, Ireland

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 May 2009

G. H. Kinahan
G. H. Kinahan
Affiliation:
Of the Irish Branch of the Geological Surrey.
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Extract

Having received permission from the Director-General of the Geological Survey of the United Kingdom, I exhibited before the Geological Section of the British Association at Belfast in August last, the Maps and Sections of the rocks forming the hill-country of West Galway and S.W. Mayo, and gave a description of the district, of which the following is an epitome.

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Geological Magazine , Volume 1 , Issue 10 , October 1874 , pp. 453 - 462
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1874

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page 457 note 1 These gradations the author fully explained in a similar manner to that given in his book “Handy Book of Rock Names” (Hardwicke), to which the reader is referred.

page 461 note 1 In one locality, Ballycurrin, on the east of Lough Corrih, a block of fibrous gypsum was found in the drift. This possibly may be a record of newer formations than the Carboniferous.