Clastic dykes in over-consolidated tills: Evidence for subglacial hydrofracturing at Killiney Bay, eastern Ireland

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 129, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 111-126

  Rijsdijk, Kenneth F ^a   Owen, Geraint ^a   Warren, William P ^b   McCarroll, Danny ^a   Van Der Meer, Jaap J M ^c  

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Geological Survey of Ireland   (Ireland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Anisotropic permeability; Clastic dykes; Glacitectonics; Hydrofractures; Irish Sea till; Subglacial till

Indexed keywords

CLASTIC DIKE; GEOTECHNICAL PROPERTY; GLACIOTECTONICS; HYDRAULIC FRACTURE; LAST ICE SHEET; SUBGLACIAL ENVIRONMENT; TILL;

IRELAND; IRISH SEA;

EID: 0033226713     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0037-0738(99)00093-7     Document Type: Article

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