Deglacial chronology from county Donegal, Ireland: Implications for deglaciation of the British-Irish ice sheet

Journal of the Geological Society

Volumn 160, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 847-855

  McCabe, A M ^a   Clark, Peter U ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

British Isles; Deglaciation; Palaeoclimate

Indexed keywords

DEGLACIATION; GEOCHRONOLOGY; ICE SHEET; QUATERNARY; RADIOCARBON DATING;

IRELAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0345149396     PISSN: 00167649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/0016-764903-009     Document Type: Article

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