Palynology, aminostratigraphy and U-series dating of marine Gortian interglacial sediments in Cork Harbour, Southern Ireland

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 17, Issue 9-10, 1998, Pages 945-962

  Dowling, Laura A ^a   Sejrup, Hans Petter ^b   Coxon, Peter ^a   Heijnis, Hendrik ^c  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^c AUSTRALIAN NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ORGANISATION   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERGLACIAL; MARINE SEDIMENT; PALYNOLOGY; STRATIGRAPHY; URANIUM SERIES DATING;

IRELAND;

EID: 0031687031     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-3791(98)00027-4     Document Type: Article

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