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Geological Society, London, Special Publications; 1992; v. 62; p. 277-290;
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.1992.062.01.22
© 1992 Geological Society of London

Onshore and Offshore North of Ireland

Post-Permian basin history of northeast Ireland

Robert J. McCaffrey1 & Noel McCann2

1 School of Geosciences, The Queen’s University of Belfast, Belfast BT7 1NN, UK
2 3 Drumlea View, Downpatrick, Co., Down, BT30 6SZ, UK

Basin histories and major structures for Mesozoic and Cenozoic strata in northeast Ireland have been constrained with the help of computer-contoured isopach maps. Hand-drawn maps are included for comparison. The Highland Border Ridge, a well defined structural element since at least Lower Carboniferous times, separates the Rathlin Trough from the Lough Neagh-Larne Basin. The development of these basins was controlled by the pre-existing structures of the area, fault reactivation during late Hercynian movements and also Pangean rifting. A long-lived structural high in the Lough Neagh-Larne Basin, the Knockagh axis, is inferred to be a major block detached from the adjacent Longford-Down Massif.





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