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Journal of the Geological Society; June 1989; v. 146; no. 3; p. 385-388; DOI: 10.1144/gsjgs.146.3.0385
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Short paper: The Silurian of Clew Bay, Ireland: part of the Midland Valley of Scotland?

D. PALMER1, J. D. JOHNSTON1, T. DOOLEY2 and K. MAGUIRE1

1 Geology Department, Trinity College, Dublin 2, Ireland
2 Geology Department, Royal Holloway and Bedford New College, Egham, Surrey TW20 0EX, UK

A new agnathan-dominated biota found near Louisburgh, Co. Mayo in the west of Ireland is correlated with post-Llandovery biotas of the Midland Valley of Scotland (MVS). It is argued that this biotic similarity implies a 500 km elongate aquatic connection between the two areas. An alternative hypothesis, that the fault-bounded Irish outcrop is a displaced terrane, originally in closer contiguity with the MVS inliers is rejected. This results from a detailed structural analysis of the bounding fault (Emlagh Thrust), which constrains the post-Llandovery strike-slip motion to less than 25 km.




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