Silurian metabentonites in County Down,
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T. D. J. Cameron; T. B. Anderson
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Article
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2007
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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## Abstract Thin beds of pale green and grey βclaystoneβ in the Birkhill Shales (Lower Silurian) of County Down are positively identified as bentonite. In the overlying turbidites, previously regarded as entirely of sedimentary origin, numerous metabentonites demonstrate continuing Silurian vulcani