The Burren National park
by Joe Cashin
Title
The Burren National park
Artist
Joe Cashin
Medium
Photograph - Photography
Description
The Burren is underlain by limestones of the Lower Carboniferous (Visean) period. The limestone formed as sediments in a tropical sea which covered most of Ireland approximately 350 million years ago. These sediments were compressed into horizontal strata and contain fossil corals, sea urchins, sea-lilies (crinnoids) and ammonites. The limestones within the park belong to the asbian stage of the Burren Formation of which two members are present:
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August 5th, 2015
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