Palaeogeographical implications of two Silurian shelly faunas from the Arra Mountains and Cratloe Hills, Ireland

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Palaeogeographical implications of two Silurian shelly faunas from the Arra Mountains and Cratloe Hills, Ireland

  • Volume / Part: 18 / 2
  • Publication Date: May 1975
  • Page(s): 343 - 350
  • Authored By: J. A. Weir

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A shelly fauna occurring in the Arra Mountains near Ballina, Co. Tipperary, is correlated with a fauna from Ballycar in the Cratloe Hills inlier, South Clare, and assigned to the upper Wenlock. The faunas are considered to have been derived from a shelf area situated to the south-east, and to have been transported north-westwards towards a basin limited south-eastwards and southwards by the Nenagh-Navan Line and by the Gallowshill-Silvermines Fault.

Palaeontology - Volume 18 Part 2 Pages 343-350



Palaeontology - Volume 18 Part 2 Pages 343-350

Citations

WEIR, J. A. 1975. Palaeogeographical implications of two Silurian shelly faunas from the Arra Mountains and Cratloe Hills, Ireland. Palaeontology, 18, 2, 343–350.