Pillow basalt, Ireland

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DrSadhbh
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2020-10-15
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geologyirelandconnemaraigneous-rockvolcanic-rocksmetashapeagisoftigneous-structuresireland-geologypillow-basaltwestern-ireland

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This pillow basalt is from the Ordovician, and records volcanic activity at the margins of the closing Iapetus Ocean. I've a Gigapan view of the same outcrop (although slightly to the right of this view) at https://tinyurl.com/y4kldmbt