Multidisciplinary investigations, including stable-isotope studies, of thick Late-glacial sediments from Tory Hill, Co. Limerick, western Ireland

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 147, Issue 3-4, 1999, Pages 169-208

  O'Connell, M ^a   Huang, C C ^a,c   Eicher, U ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^c SHAANXI NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Ireland; Late glacial; Palaeoclimate; Pollen analysis; Stable isotopes; Younger Dryas

Indexed keywords

GLACIAL SEDIMENTATION; LATE GLACIAL; PALEOCLIMATE; QUATERNARY; STABLE ISOTOPE;

IRELAND;

EID: 0033560106     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-0182(98)00101-1     Document Type: Article

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