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Pre-Dalradian rocks in NW Ireland

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Later Proterozoic Stratigraphy of the Northern Atlantic Regions

Abstract

Rocks currently regarded as pre-Caledonian occur in four areas of NW Ireland:

  1. (i)

    The Mullet Peninsula and adjacent mainland in NW Co. Mayo

  2. (ii)

    The NE Ox Mountains and adjacent inliers

  3. (iii)

    Within the Westport inlier, S of Clew Bay

  4. (iv)

    Inishtrahull, Tor Rocks and adjacent sea-floor N of Malin Head (Fig. 12.1).

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Winchester, J.A., Max, M.D. (1988). Pre-Dalradian rocks in NW Ireland. In: Winchester, J.A. (eds) Later Proterozoic Stratigraphy of the Northern Atlantic Regions. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-7344-9_12

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