The sedimentology of a Late Pleistocene drumlin near Kingscourt, Ireland

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 111, Issue 1-4, 1997, Pages 91-105

  Meehan, Robert T ^a,b   Warren, William P ^a   Gallagher, Colman J D ^b  

^a Geological Survey of Ireland   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Drumlin genesis; Drumlins; Glaciotectonics; Ice deformation squeezing

Indexed keywords

DRUMLIN; GLACIAL LANDFORM; GLACIOTECTONICS; PLEISTOCENE; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

IRELAND, KINGSCOURT;

EID: 0031471676     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0037-0738(97)00008-0     Document Type: Article

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