The age of the Pleistocene raised beach near Fethard, County Wexford, using infra red stimulated luminescence (IRSL)

Irish Geography

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 68-89

  Gallagher, Colman ^a   Thorp, Martin ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LUMINESCENCE DATING; PLEISTOCENE; RAISED BEACH;

COUNTY WEXFORD; FETHARD; IRELAND;

EID: 0031389897     PISSN: 00750778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00750779709478635     Document Type: Article

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