Groundwater Protection Schemes
Many of the links below take you to parts of the Groundwater Protection Schemes Guidelines Document (DELG/EPA/GSI, 1999). The full document can be read at the link highlighted or downloaded by clicking here. Note that the file size is large (1.4Mb) and downloading may take some time, depending on y... | Water Framework Directive
The Water Framework Directive (WFD) is a new legislative framework for the protection, improvement and sustainable use of waters – rivers, lakes, coastal waters, estuaries and groundwater – across Europe in order to prevent deterioration and enhance status of aquatic ecosystems; promote sustainable ... |
Karst Booklet Contents
The Karst of Ireland Limestone Landscapes, Caves and Groundwater Drainage Systems.
What is Karst? The development of karstHow karst features are formedAncient karst or palaeokarst in Ireland The importance of limestone and karst in IrelandThe main karst regions of Ireland The No... | Landslides in Ireland
A report published by GSI in association with the Irish Landslides Working Group has found that the incidence of landslide events in upland areas of the country has been underestimated. The Landslides in Ireland Report is the culmination of a number of years work by the Group, made up of a team dra... |
Landslide Susceptibility
Breifne Area (North West Ireland) Landslides Susceptibility Mapping
The implementation of a methodology for systematic production of landslide susceptibility maps hasn’t been embraced yet in Ireland. The Bréifne Area, located in North West Ireland and covering an area of 2129.7km2 within th... |
Temporary Exposures data
A new programme was started in 2005 to record information on temporary geological exposures. As many of these occur in roadcuts and at building sites around the country, we are appealing to the interested public, from the non-geologist to our professional colleagues for as much information as possi... | GSI publishes All Ireland bedrock map
The publishing of a 1:500,000 Bedrock Geological Map of Ireland in June 2006 marked an exciting milestone in the development of geological mapping in Ireland. The map is a comprehensive update of earlier such maps first published in 1928 and it displays a remarkable variety of bedrock across the isl... |
100k GIS CD Edition
1:100,000 BEDROCK GEOLOGY OF IRELAND, SEAMLESS GIS EDITION
A new CD product of the entire 1:100,000 Bedrock geology of Ireland in ESRI GIS format was released in 2006. It contains seamless ESRI Shapefiles based on the printed 1:100,000 map series.
There are six layers in the dataset, the bedroc... |
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