Upper Pleistocene facies sequences and relative sea-level trends along the south coast of Ireland

Journal of Sedimentary Research

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 376-390

  Mccabe, A Marshall ^a   O'Cofaigh, Colm ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LAST GLACIAL CYCLE; LITHOFACIES; PLEISTOCENE; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEA LEVEL CHANGES; SEDIMENTATION; STRATIGRAPHY;

IRELAND, (SOUTH);

GRAVEL; ROCKS; STRATIGRAPHY;

CONTINENTAL SHELVES; LAST GLACIAL; LITHOFACIES; OUT OF PHASE; RELATIVE SEA LEVEL; SHORE PLATFORMS; STAGNATION ZONES; SUBGLACIAL MELTWATER;

SEA LEVEL;

EID: 0029827924     PISSN: 15271404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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