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A Note on the Occurrence of Coal Measures in Eastern County Limerick, Ireland

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 May 2009

W. E. Nevill
W. E. Nevill
Affiliation:
School Of Geology, Trinity College, Dublin.
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Abstract

The purpose of this note is to put on record the discovery of Lower Coal Measure strata in the west of Ireland. The succession is approximately 500 feet thick and includes the Gastrioceras subcrenatum and the Gastrioceras listeri marine bands. Of particular interest is the occurrence of a coarse felspathic sandstone in the cycle of sedimentation which includes the G. listeri horizon: the sandstone is very similar in lithology to the distinctive Clay-Gall Sandstone of the Leinster Coalfield.

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Geological Magazine , Volume 95 , Issue 1 , February 1958 , pp. 20 - 24
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1958

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Kinahan, G. H., 1860. Explanations to accompany sheet 152 of the maps of the Geological Survey of Ireland. Mems. Geol. Surv. Ireland.Google Scholar
Nevill, W. E., 1956. The Millstone Grit and Lower Coal Measures of the Leinster Coalfield. Proc. Roy. Irish Acad., 58, Sec. B, No. 1, 1–11.Google Scholar