Description: In terms of time scale in geology, Quaternary is the present-day time and it began 2.6 million years ago. A lot of this time period relates to the Ice Age. Quaternary sediments are the soft material that has been deposited during this time. In Ireland much of this is related to the movement of glaciers and ice sheets. The main types of sediments shown on the map are tills (boulder clays), gravels, sands and peat. Over most parts of Ireland, these sediments cover the bedrock (solid rock at or below the land surface). Geologists map and record information from the shallow sediments which can be seen at or near the surface. This information along with boreholes (a deep narrow round hole drilled in the ground), geophysical data (information on the physical properties of the Earth's surface and subsurface e.g. magnetics, gravity and electromagnetics) and geochemical data (chemical properties) is used to create the map. Areas are drawn on a map to show where sediments are found. We collect new data to update our map and use data made available from other sources.This map is to the scale 1:50,000. This means it should be viewed at that scale. When printed at that scale 1cm on the map relates to a distance of 500m.It is a vector dataset. Vector data portray the world using points, lines, and polygons (areas).The sediments data is shown as polygons. Each polygon holds information on the sediment type, sediment code and its unique identifier.
Value: IrSTCSsS, Irish Sea Till derived from Cambrian sandstones and shales Label: IrSTCSsS, Irish Sea Till derived from Cambrian sandstones and shales Description: N/A Symbol:
Value: IrSTLPSsS, Irish Sea Till derived from Lower Palaeozoic sandstones and shales Label: IrSTLPSsS, Irish Sea Till derived from Lower Palaeozoic sandstones and shales Description: N/A Symbol:
Value: TCSsCh, Till derived from Carboniferous sandstones and cherts Label: TCSsCh, Till derived from Carboniferous sandstones and cherts Description: N/A Symbol:
Value: TDCSs, Till derived from Devonian and Carboniferous sandstones Label: TDCSs, Till derived from Devonian and Carboniferous sandstones Description: N/A Symbol:
Value: TDCSsS, Till derived from Devonian and Carboniferous sandstones and shales Label: TDCSsS, Till derived from Devonian and Carboniferous sandstones and shales Description: N/A Symbol:
Value: TLCSsS, Till derived from lower Carboniferous sandstones and shales Label: TLCSsS, Till derived from lower Carboniferous sandstones and shales Description: N/A Symbol:
Value: TLPCSsS, Till derived from Lower Palaeozoic and Carboniferous sandstones and shales Label: TLPCSsS, Till derived from Lower Palaeozoic and Carboniferous sandstones and shales Description: N/A Symbol:
Value: TLPDSs, Till derived from Lower Palaeozoic and Devonian sandstones Label: TLPDSs, Till derived from Lower Palaeozoic and Devonian sandstones Description: N/A Symbol:
Value: TLPSsS, Till derived from Lower Palaeozoic sandstones and shales Label: TLPSsS, Till derived from Lower Palaeozoic sandstones and shales Description: N/A Symbol:
Value: TLSCh, Till derived from Silicified Limestone and cherts Label: TLSCh, Till derived from Silicified Limestone and cherts Description: N/A Symbol:
Value: TNCSSs, Till derived from Namurian and Carboniferous sandstones and shales Label: TNCSSs, Till derived from Namurian and Carboniferous sandstones and shales Description: N/A Symbol:
ID: IrSTAv, Irish Sea Till derived from acidic volcanic rocks
Name: IrSTAv, Irish Sea Till derived from acidic volcanic rocks
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Name: IrSTAv, Irish Sea Till derived from acidic volcanic rocks
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LEGENDDESC: IrSTAv, Irish Sea Till derived from acidic volcanic rocks QSED_CODE: null QSED_TYPE: null
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ID: IrSTBi, Irish Sea Till derived from basic igneous rocks
Name: IrSTBi, Irish Sea Till derived from basic igneous rocks
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Name: IrSTBi, Irish Sea Till derived from basic igneous rocks
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LEGENDDESC: IrSTBi, Irish Sea Till derived from basic igneous rocks QSED_CODE: null QSED_TYPE: null
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ID: IrSTCSsS, Irish Sea Till derived from Cambrian sandstones and shales
Name: IrSTCSsS, Irish Sea Till derived from Cambrian sandstones and shales
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Name: IrSTCSsS, Irish Sea Till derived from Cambrian sandstones and shales
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LEGENDDESC: IrSTCSsS, Irish Sea Till derived from Cambrian sandstones and shales QSED_CODE: null QSED_TYPE: null
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ID: IrSTDSs, Irish Sea Till derived from Devonian sandstones
Name: IrSTDSs, Irish Sea Till derived from Devonian sandstones
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Name: IrSTDSs, Irish Sea Till derived from Devonian sandstones
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LEGENDDESC: IrSTDSs, Irish Sea Till derived from Devonian sandstones QSED_CODE: null QSED_TYPE: null
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ID: IrSTLPSsS, Irish Sea Till derived from Lower Palaeozoic sandstones and shales
Name: IrSTLPSsS, Irish Sea Till derived from Lower Palaeozoic sandstones and shales
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Name: IrSTLPSsS, Irish Sea Till derived from Lower Palaeozoic sandstones and shales
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LEGENDDESC: IrSTLPSsS, Irish Sea Till derived from Lower Palaeozoic sandstones and shales QSED_CODE: null QSED_TYPE: null
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ID: IrSTLs, Irish Sea Till derived from Limestones
Name: IrSTLs, Irish Sea Till derived from Limestones
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Name: IrSTLs, Irish Sea Till derived from Limestones
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LEGENDDESC: IrSTLs, Irish Sea Till derived from Limestones QSED_CODE: null QSED_TYPE: null
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ID: KaRck, Kartsified bedrock outcrop or subcrop
Name: KaRck, Kartsified bedrock outcrop or subcrop
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Name: KaRck, Kartsified bedrock outcrop or subcrop
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ID: TAv, Till derived from acidic volcanic rocks
Name: TAv, Till derived from acidic volcanic rocks
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Name: TAv, Till derived from acidic volcanic rocks
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LEGENDDESC: TAv, Till derived from acidic volcanic rocks QSED_CODE: null QSED_TYPE: null
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ID: TBi, Till derived from basic igneous rocks
Name: TBi, Till derived from basic igneous rocks
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Name: TBi, Till derived from basic igneous rocks
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LEGENDDESC: TBi, Till derived from basic igneous rocks QSED_CODE: null QSED_TYPE: null
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ID: TCSs, Till derived from Carboniferous sandstones
Name: TCSs, Till derived from Carboniferous sandstones
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Name: TCSs, Till derived from Carboniferous sandstones
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LEGENDDESC: TCSs, Till derived from Carboniferous sandstones QSED_CODE: null QSED_TYPE: null
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ID: TCSsCh, Till derived from Carboniferous sandstones and cherts
Name: TCSsCh, Till derived from Carboniferous sandstones and cherts
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Name: TCSsCh, Till derived from Carboniferous sandstones and cherts
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LEGENDDESC: TCSsCh, Till derived from Carboniferous sandstones and cherts QSED_CODE: null QSED_TYPE: null
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ID: TCSsS, Till derived from Cambrian sandstones and shales
Name: TCSsS, Till derived from Cambrian sandstones and shales
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Name: TCSsS, Till derived from Cambrian sandstones and shales
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LEGENDDESC: TCSsS, Till derived from Cambrian sandstones and shales QSED_CODE: null QSED_TYPE: null
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ID: TCh, Till derived from cherts
Name: TCh, Till derived from cherts
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Name: TCh, Till derived from cherts
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LEGENDDESC: TCh, Till derived from cherts QSED_CODE: null QSED_TYPE: null
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ID: TDCSs, Till derived from Devonian and Carboniferous sandstones
Name: TDCSs, Till derived from Devonian and Carboniferous sandstones
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Name: TDCSs, Till derived from Devonian and Carboniferous sandstones
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LEGENDDESC: TDCSs, Till derived from Devonian and Carboniferous sandstones QSED_CODE: null QSED_TYPE: null
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ID: TDCSsS, Till derived from Devonian and Carboniferous sandstones and shales
Name: TDCSsS, Till derived from Devonian and Carboniferous sandstones and shales
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Name: TDCSsS, Till derived from Devonian and Carboniferous sandstones and shales
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LEGENDDESC: TDCSsS, Till derived from Devonian and Carboniferous sandstones and shales QSED_CODE: null QSED_TYPE: null
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ID: TDSs, Till derived from Devonian sandstones
Name: TDSs, Till derived from Devonian sandstones
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Name: TDSs, Till derived from Devonian sandstones
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LEGENDDESC: TDSs, Till derived from Devonian sandstones QSED_CODE: null QSED_TYPE: null
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ID: TGr, Till derived from granites
Name: TGr, Till derived from granites
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Name: TGr, Till derived from granites
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LEGENDDESC: TGr, Till derived from granites QSED_CODE: null QSED_TYPE: null
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ID: TLCSsS, Till derived from lower Carboniferous sandstones and shales
Name: TLCSsS, Till derived from lower Carboniferous sandstones and shales
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Name: TLCSsS, Till derived from lower Carboniferous sandstones and shales
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LEGENDDESC: TLCSsS, Till derived from lower Carboniferous sandstones and shales QSED_CODE: null QSED_TYPE: null
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ID: TLPCSsS, Till derived from Lower Palaeozoic and Carboniferous sandstones and shales
Name: TLPCSsS, Till derived from Lower Palaeozoic and Carboniferous sandstones and shales
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Name: TLPCSsS, Till derived from Lower Palaeozoic and Carboniferous sandstones and shales
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LEGENDDESC: TLPCSsS, Till derived from Lower Palaeozoic and Carboniferous sandstones and shales QSED_CODE: null QSED_TYPE: null
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ID: TLPDSs, Till derived from Lower Palaeozoic and Devonian sandstones
Name: TLPDSs, Till derived from Lower Palaeozoic and Devonian sandstones
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Name: TLPDSs, Till derived from Lower Palaeozoic and Devonian sandstones
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LEGENDDESC: TLPDSs, Till derived from Lower Palaeozoic and Devonian sandstones QSED_CODE: null QSED_TYPE: null
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ID: TLPS, Till derived from Lower Palaeozoic shales
Name: TLPS, Till derived from Lower Palaeozoic shales
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Name: TLPS, Till derived from Lower Palaeozoic shales
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LEGENDDESC: TLPS, Till derived from Lower Palaeozoic shales QSED_CODE: null QSED_TYPE: null
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ID: TLPSs, Till derived from Lower Palaeozoic sandstones
Name: TLPSs, Till derived from Lower Palaeozoic sandstones
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Name: TLPSs, Till derived from Lower Palaeozoic sandstones
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LEGENDDESC: TLPSs, Till derived from Lower Palaeozoic sandstones QSED_CODE: null QSED_TYPE: null
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ID: TLPSsS, Till derived from Lower Palaeozoic sandstones and shales
Name: TLPSsS, Till derived from Lower Palaeozoic sandstones and shales
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Name: TLPSsS, Till derived from Lower Palaeozoic sandstones and shales
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LEGENDDESC: TLPSsS, Till derived from Lower Palaeozoic sandstones and shales QSED_CODE: null QSED_TYPE: null
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ID: TLSCh, Till derived from Silicified Limestone and cherts
Name: TLSCh, Till derived from Silicified Limestone and cherts
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Name: TLSCh, Till derived from Silicified Limestone and cherts
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LEGENDDESC: TLSCh, Till derived from Silicified Limestone and cherts QSED_CODE: null QSED_TYPE: null
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ID: TLs, Till derived from limestones
Name: TLs, Till derived from limestones
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Name: TLs, Till derived from limestones
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LEGENDDESC: TLs, Till derived from limestones QSED_CODE: null QSED_TYPE: null
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ID: TMp, Till derived from Metamorphic rocks
Name: TMp, Till derived from Metamorphic rocks
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Name: TMp, Till derived from Metamorphic rocks
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LEGENDDESC: TMp, Till derived from Metamorphic rocks QSED_CODE: null QSED_TYPE: null
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ID: TNCSSs, Till derived from Namurian and Carboniferous sandstones and shales
Name: TNCSSs, Till derived from Namurian and Carboniferous sandstones and shales
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Name: TNCSSs, Till derived from Namurian and Carboniferous sandstones and shales
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LEGENDDESC: TNCSSs, Till derived from Namurian and Carboniferous sandstones and shales QSED_CODE: null QSED_TYPE: null
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ID: TNSSs, Till derived from Namurian sandstones and shales
Name: TNSSs, Till derived from Namurian sandstones and shales
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Name: TNSSs, Till derived from Namurian sandstones and shales
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LEGENDDESC: TNSSs, Till derived from Namurian sandstones and shales QSED_CODE: null QSED_TYPE: null
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ID: TQz, Till derived from quartzites
Name: TQz, Till derived from quartzites
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Name: TQz, Till derived from quartzites
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LEGENDDESC: TQz, Till derived from quartzites QSED_CODE: null QSED_TYPE: null