The Wenlock Strata of South Mayo

J. G. C. Anderson

doi:10.1017/S0016756800061513

Abstract

South of Clew Bay, Co. Mayo, Wenlock strata, cut off to the north by a belt of serpentine marking the Highland Boundary, are divisible into three stratigraphical groups. The succession is repeated by a syncline overturned towards the south, which is modified by north-west cross-folds. The Wenlock strata have undergone low-grade “regional” metamorphism, in spite of which fossils have been preserved at a few localities.

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