Temporal changes in subglacial meltwater activity: Field evidence from the late Devensian in the north of Ireland

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 160, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 291-307

  Knight, Jasper ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Late Devensian; Subglacial meltwater activity; Temporal changes

Indexed keywords

DEVENSIAN; GLACIAL SEDIMENTATION; MELTWATER; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SUBGLACIAL DEPOSIT; SUBGLACIAL ENVIRONMENT; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

(NORTH); IRELAND;

EID: 0041568580     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0037-0738(03)00088-5     Document Type: Article

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