Ice-flow stages and glacial bedforms in north central Ireland: A record of rapid environmental change during the last glacial termination

Journal of the Geological Society

Volumn 156, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 63-72

  McCabe, A Marshall ^a   Knight, Jasper ^a   McCarron, Stephen G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bedforms; Drumlins; Glacial sedimentation; Ice streams; Ireland

Indexed keywords

BEDFORM; GLACIAL SEDIMENTATION; ICE STREAM; LAST GLACIAL;

IRELAND;

EID: 0032895308     PISSN: 00167649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/gsjgs.156.1.0063     Document Type: Article

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