Early stages of till genesis: An example from Fanore, County Clare, Ireland

Boreas

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 37-46

  Croot, David G ^a   Sims, Peter C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBONIFEROUS;

BRECCIA; GLACIAL DEPOSIT; TEXTURAL PROPERTIES; TILL GENESIS;

IRELAND, COUNTY CLARE, FANORE;

EID: 0030471758     PISSN: 03009483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1502-3885.1996.tb00833.x     Document Type: Article

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