William Smith and Ireland: Sources of Irish geological information on his geological map of 1820
Affiliation:
1. Department of Geology, Trinity College, Dublin 2, Ireland,wysjcknp@tcd.ie
Abstract
William Smith's 1815 geological map shows the eastern margin of Ireland, but it is devoid of geological information. The scaled-down version published in 1820 provides a rudimentary representation of Irish geology with the granite regions of the Mourne and Wicklow Mountains prominent. The sources for this information were derivative coming from two maps published in the Transactions of the Geological Society of London in 1816 and 1819.
Publisher
History of the Earth Sciences Society
Subject
General Earth and Planetary Sciences,History and Philosophy of Science