Abstract
The Tralee district, county of Kerry, South-West Ireland, offers an interesting Appalachian style landscape. It probably derives from an old erosion surface which has been dismantled and deformed by tectonic movements until a very recent time (late Tertiary ?) in connection with the Atlantic Ocean opening and the evolution of the Porcupine Seabight. Under the Mesozoïc and Cenozoïc tropical climates, the Carboniferous limestone was deeply eroded down to a lower level of erosion, between two escarpments built in shales or sandstones. During the Quaternary cold climates, the Namurian shales were much faster eroded and their scarp receded quickly.
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