Abstract
In a paper that appeared in the “Geologist” for May, 1863, the author, Professor King, has noticed the remarkable escarpments that occur in the Burren Hills, on the south side of the Bay of Galway. He is of opinion that they have been formed by sea action during the slow upheaval of the British area after its submergence during what he calls the “subaqueous“ or “middle division“ of the Glacial period, and that “every escarpment indicates a stoppage in the upheaval.“ These escarpments, or ancient seamargins are not confined to the Burren Hills, as I have observed them in various other localities, but never so continuous, nor so well developed. In this paper it is proposed calling attention to those in counties Clare and Galway. I shall first notice the conspicuous escarpments in the Burren Hills, but before doing so I may be allowed to refer to similar phenomena in course of formation at the present day.
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