Geological History of Britain and IrelandNigel H. Woodcock, R. A. Strachan Britain and Ireland have a remarkably varied geology for so small a fragment of continental crust, with a fine rock record back through three billion years of geological time. This history would have been interesting enough if it had been played out on relatively stable continental crust. However, Britain and Ireland have developed at a tectonic crossroads, on crust once traversed by subduction zones and volcanic arcs, continental rifts and mountain belts. The resulting complexity is instructive, fascinating and perplexing. Geological History of Britain and Ireland tells the region's story at a level accessible to undergraduate geologists, as well as to postgraduates, professionals or informed amateurs. This second edition is fully revised and updated, reflecting our continually developing knowledge of the region's geology. Full coverage is again given to the rich Precambrian and Early Palaeozoic history, as well as to later events more relevant to hydrocarbon exploration. The book is an essential starting point for more detailed studies of the regional geology. Additional resources for this book can be found at: http://www.wiley.com/go/woodcock/geologicalhistory |
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Acadian Archaean Armorica Avalonia Baltica basalts basement belt boundary Britain and Ireland Caledonian Cambrian Caradoc carbonate Carboniferous chalk Channel clastic clasts Clay climate collision Complex conglomerates continental correlation Cretaceous crust crustal Dalradian deformation deposition Devonian early Devonian east Eastern Avalonia England facies Fault fluvial folds Formation Geological Society glacial global gneisses Gondwana Grampian granite Group Highland Iapetus Ocean igneous Isle isotope Jurassic late Laurentia limestones lithosphere London Lower magmatism major metamorphism Midland Platform Midland Valley mudstones Namurian Neoproterozoic North Sea north-west northern ophiolite Ordovician Orogeny Palaeogene palaeogeographic Palaeozoic Permian plate plutons regional Rheic Rheic Ocean rifting rocks sand sandstones Scotland sea level sedimentary sediments sequences shales shallow marine shear zones shelf Silurian Southern Uplands stratigraphic strike-slip subduction zone subsidence successions Supergroup Suture tectonic terrane thick thrust transgression Tremadoc Triassic turbidites unconformity uplift upper Variscan volcanic Wales Welsh Basin Westphalian zircon