Geology and the Evolution of Landscape in the Kerry Geopark
Geology and the Evolution of Landscape in the Kerry Geopark
Geology and the Evolution of Landscape in the Kerry Geopark
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<strong>Geology</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Evolution</strong> <strong>of</strong> L<strong>and</strong>scape <strong>in</strong><br />
<strong>the</strong> <strong>Kerry</strong> <strong>Geopark</strong><br />
• The Area <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Geopark</strong> is a Unique L<strong>and</strong>scape<br />
<strong>in</strong> a National, European <strong>and</strong> World Context.<br />
• The L<strong>and</strong>scape is <strong>the</strong> outcome <strong>of</strong> Sedimentary<br />
Development, Structural Development <strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />
Glaciation <strong>and</strong> Deglaciation <strong>of</strong> a Pleistocene<br />
L<strong>and</strong>scape marg<strong>in</strong>al to <strong>the</strong> Great Ice Sheet <strong>of</strong><br />
Europe.<br />
• The <strong>Geopark</strong> L<strong>and</strong>scape forms <strong>the</strong> basis <strong>of</strong> a<br />
susta<strong>in</strong>able community – led development <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />
local economy <strong>and</strong> tourism.