THE PHYSICAL GEOLOGY AND GEOGRAPHY OF IRELAND

Abstract

THE great map of the veteran Sir Richard Griffith, followed by the detailed labours of other geologists, especially of the Geological Survey, and of its lamented director, the late J. B. Jukes, has explained the general geological structure of Ireland, and sketched, partly in outline, partly in considerable detail, the curious problems which that structure suggests. As yet, however, the abundant published information to be gleaned from papers and memoirs regarding Irish geology lies chiefly scattered through the Transactions of various scientific societies, and the Explanations of the Survey. Some of these publications are not nearly so widely known as they deserve to be, or as they assuredly would be if it were more easy for geological students in general to procure a reading of them. Mr. Hull has, therefore, done good service in preparing this little handbook to the geology and geography of Ireland. It is a most useful compendium of information, and its utility is greatly enhanced by the references to those works and papers where the subjects he discusses are more fully treated.

The Physical Geology and Geography of Ireland.

By Edward Hull (London: Stanford, 1878.)