Articles | Volume 13, issue 11
https://doi.org/10.5194/se-13-1649-2022
https://doi.org/10.5194/se-13-1649-2022
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01 Nov 2022
Research article |  | 01 Nov 2022

Tectonostratigraphic evolution of the Slyne Basin

Conor M. O'Sullivan, Conrad J. Childs, Muhammad M. Saqab, John J. Walsh, and Patrick M. Shannon

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The Slyne Basin is a sedimentary basin located offshore north-western Ireland. It formed through a long and complex evolution involving distinct periods of extension. The basin is subdivided into smaller basins, separated by deep structures related to the ancient Caledonian mountain-building event. These deep structures influence the shape of the basin as it evolves in a relatively unique way, where early faults follow these deep structures, but later faults do not.