Professor Charles Hepworth Holland at the launch of his book The Geology of Ireland recently
April 2009
THE GEOLOGY OF IRELAND – SECOND EDITION
Edited by Charles H. Holland & Ian S. Sanders
The Geology of Ireland is the definitive guide to the geology of the island of Ireland as a whole. This completely revised edition has been updated to reflect the ten years of research undertaken since the last edition was written. For the first time the work is presented with colour illustration, where appropriate, throughout the text. It presents the geology of the island in geological sequence and deals also with the economically important offshore geology of Ireland.
Reviews of the first edition:
“… a wealth of valuable information… well illustrated… a valuable reference.”
Geological Magazine
“This book is an excellent introduction to the geology of Ireland… an excellent entry point into the details of Irish geology.”
Newsletter of the Palaeontological Association
“a mountain of data, unashamedly scholarly and stuffed with references.”
New Scientist
CONTENTS
1. Introduction (C.H. Holland and I.S. Sanders);
2. Precambrian (J.S. Daly);
3. Ordovician of the North (J.R. Graham);
4. Grampian Orogeny (D.M. Chew);
5. Cambrian of Leinster (C.H. Holland);
6. Ordovician of the South (J.R. Graham and C.J. Stillman);
7. Silurian (C.H. Holland);
8. Late Caledonian orogeny and magmatism (D.M. Chew and C.J. Stillman);
9. Devonian (J.R. Graham);
10. Carboniferous -Mississippian: Tournaisian and Viséan (G.D. Sevastopulo and P.N. Wyse Jackson);
11. Carboniferous – Mississippian: Serpukhovian and Pennsylvanian (G.D. Sevastopulo);
12. Variscan deformation and metamorphism (J.R. Graham);
13. Permian and Mesozoic (M.J. Simms);
14. Tertiary igneous activity (J. Preston);
15. Cenozoic: Tertiary and Quaternary - until 11,700 years before 2000 (P. Coxon and S.G. McCarron);
16. The Holocene (F.J.G. Mitchell);
17. Geology of offshore Ireland (D. Naylor and P.M. Shannon);
18. Geophysical evidence onshore (T. Murphy, A.W.B. Jacob, and I.S. Sanders);
19. A history of Irish Geology (G.L. Herries Davies); Full References and Index;
576pp April 2009
HB £130 (*160) ISBN: 9781903765715
PB £90 (*99) ISBN: 9781903765722