Globally significant volcanic event formed Giant’s Causeway, scientists find
The Guardian World ·
": "The formation of the Giant's Causeway in Northern Ireland was caused by intense volcanic activity, not a legendary battle between giants.",
For centuries, the tale has been passed from generation to generation: how the Irish giant Finn McCool built the Giant’s Causeway in Northern Ireland to fight Benandonner, his Scottish rival, by hurling chunks of the Antrim coastline into the sea. Now, scientists have revealed it was intense volcanic activity during a “major globally impacting volcanic event” – and not a legendary battle between two destructive giants – that led to the formation of the coastline’s 40,000 distinctive …
Original source: The Guardian World