DO YOU KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THE ORDOVICIAN ISLAND-ARC VOLCANICS OF
SOUTH MAYO, IRELAND? IF YOU DO YOU WOULD BE A BIG HELP FOR MY
DISERTATION.
DESMOND TREANOR
Hi Desmond,
The honest answer is no, I don't know a thing about those Ordovician
volcanics. I looked in my old Historical Geology book but it is rather
North America-centric, and there is only a
short section on this part of Earth's history. As you probably already
know, a proto-Atlantic ocean was being subducted on both sides under North
America and Europe/Africa. There were arc volcanoes on both sides of this
proto-atlantic, and I presume the volcanics you are studying for your
dissertation are part of this.
As you are in the UK, I imagine that the library and journal resources on
these volcanics is pretty extensive.
Sorry I couldn't halp you very much.
Sincerely,
Scott Rowland
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