Waterford Geology
Categories: Geology
In the earliest or Ordovician period a sea with islands scattered over it occupied the British area. Near the shores sands and muds accumulated to form sandstones and shales. In the clearer waters shell-fish of obsolete types abounded, and from their dead shells were formed bands of limestones. Corals, too, were present in this sea, [...]
In the earliest or Ordovician period a sea with islands scattered over it occupied the British area. Near the shores sands and muds accumulated to form sandstones and shales. In the clearer waters shell-fish of obsolete types abounded, and from their dead shells were formed bands of limestones. Corals, too, were present in this sea, which goes to prove that our islands were then bathed by warmer waters than those which surround them to-day. Great volcanic activity prevailed at this ... Read More
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