The late Tertiary landscapes of western Ireland
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https://doi.org/10.55650/igj.2005.213Abstract
This paper reviews two regions where the landscape of western Ireland can be partially reconstructed at the close of the Tertiary Period. The preglacial landscape of central western Ireland appears to have been heavily forested with a diverse range of tree types and the bedrock denuded with extensive karstification on limestone and with areas of tors and weathering mantles on the granites. There is also evidence that other clastic and igneous rocks were extensively weathered. Both of the palaeosurfaces described here are believed to be Pliocene in age and are at or near the present land surface. The preservation of such palaeosurfaces is considered in the context of the Tertiary landscape evolution of Ireland.
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2014-07-23
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Coxon, P. (2014). The late Tertiary landscapes of western Ireland. Irish Geography, 38(2), 111–127. https://doi.org/10.55650/igj.2005.213
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