The Burren National park is a photograph by Joe Cashin which was uploaded on August 5th, 2015.
The Burren National park
The Burren is underlain by limestones of the Lower Carboniferous (Visean) period. The limestone formed as sediments in a tropical sea which covered... more
by Joe Cashin
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The Burren National park
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Joe Cashin
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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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