The Smerwick Group is a Devonian lithostratigraphic group (a sequence of rock strata) in the Dingle peninsula, County Kerry, Ireland. The name is derived from the village of Smerwick (Irish: Ard na Caithne) where the strata are exposed in coastal sections on either side of Smerwick Harbour, a deep bay on the peninsula's northwest coast.[1]
| Smerwick Group | |
|---|---|
| Stratigraphic range: Emsian | |
| Type | Group |
| Unit of | Old Red Sandstone |
| Sub-units | Sauce Creek, Ballydavid and Farran Sandstone formations |
| Underlies | Pointagare Group (unconformity) |
| Overlies | Dingle Group (unconformity) |
| Lithology | |
| Primary | Sandstone |
| Other | conglomerate |
| Location | |
| Region | Munster |
| Country |  Ireland |
| Extent | Southwest Ireland |
| Type section | |
| Named for | Smerwick |
Lithology and stratigraphy edit
The Group comprises the Sauce Creek, Ballydavid and Farran Sandstone formations of Devonian age including strata of fluvial and aeolian origin and conglomerates.
References edit
- ^ Higgs, K. and Williams, B. 2018 Geology of the Dingle Peninsula (guide and map) Geological Survey Ireland