Abstract
The Clare Basin (Fig. 1) is a poorly documented Carboniferous basin remnant, situated offshore west of Ireland, which is considered to be an extension of the onshore West Clare Namurian Basin (WCNB). It has in the past been variously described as, or as part of, the Clare Shelf and Shannon Basin (e.g. Cope et al. 1992), the Shannon Trough (e.g. Sevastopulo 1981), and the Dingle-Shannon Basin (e.g. Gardiner & MacCarthy 1981). It lies immediately north of the Iapetus Suture which is assumed to have closed during the Devonian. Figure 1 shows the general location of the Clare Basin, the outline of the younger Porcupine Basin and Slyne Trough, and the onshore geological outcrop map. Also shown are the locations of boreholes and the line of cross-section figured in the paper.
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