Tag Archives: Causeway

New perception into how Big’s Causeway and Devils Postpile had been shaped

A brand new examine by geoscientists has recognized the temperature at which cooling magma cracks to kind geometric columns akin to these discovered on the Big’s Causeway in Northern Eire and Devils Postpile within the USA. Geology News — ScienceDaily

Posted in Geology | Tagged , , , , | Leave a comment

The Giant’s Causeway (part 2): other volcanic highlights

This is the second and final part of an article on the volcanic highlights of Northern Ireland’s Giant’s Causeway and surrounds. We were in the area for several days and the weather was fairly mixed, but there were glorious skies … Continue reading

Posted in Geology | Tagged , , | Leave a comment

The Giant’s Causeway: part 1

This is the first of two articles on the volcanicity of the Giant’s Causeway and the surrounding area. The Causeway itself is an area of basalt columns, about 100m or so across, jutting into the Irish Sea. A remnant of … Continue reading

Posted in Geology | Tagged , | Leave a comment