Glacier dynamics around Slieve Bloom, central Ireland

Irish Geography

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 67-82

  Gallagher, Colman ^a   Thorp, Martin ^a   Steenson, Pam ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Glacier; Ice flow; Slieve Bloom

Indexed keywords

GLACIER DYNAMICS;

IRELAND, SLIEVE BLOOM;

EID: 0030318733     PISSN: 00750778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00750779609478650     Document Type: Article

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