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The Geology of the Islands of South Connemara

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 May 2009

Duncan McKie  and
Kevin Burke
Duncan McKie
Affiliation:
Dept. of Geological Survey, P.O. Box 69, Dodoma, Tanganyika.
Kevin Burke
Affiliation:
University College of the Gold Coast, Achimota, Gold Coast.
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Abstract

The exposed part of the metamorphic envelope on the south side of the Galway granite is described. It is characterized by the presence of pillow lavas and a thick greywacke series containing intraforma-tional conglomerates. This South Connemara Series is tentatively assigned to the Ordovician; such a correlation would require the Galway granite to be a laconic intrusion.

Type
Research Article
Information
Geological Magazine , Volume 92 , Issue 6 , December 1955 , pp. 487 - 498
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1955

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