Citation: Wright, J. 1902 On the marine fauna of the boulder clay. Irish Naturalist 11: 270-272
Number of Pages: 3
Keywords: Clay, Fauna, Geology, History, Marine, Zoology
Abstract: This abstract discusses a presentation to the British Association in Belfast in which marine boulder clays are discussed. The author examined 112 samples from the British Isles and Canada, with 47 of these from Ireland. 'The specimens of the clay had been taken from various altitudes ... [and] almost all the forms found were referable to species which at present lived at moderate depths off our coast, and most of them had the fresh appearance of these species'. A discussion is then presented as to the formation of boulder clays and how the marine organisms came to be found in them.