Relict periglacial boulder sheets and lobes on Slieve Donard, Mountains of Mourne, Northern Ireland

Irish Geography

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 187-201

  Cunningham, Alana ^a,b   Wilson, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Boulder sheets and lobes; Gelifluction; Mourne Mountains; Periglacial

Indexed keywords

BOULDER; PERIGLACIAL LANDFORM; SLOPE ANGLE; SLOPE DYNAMICS;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; NEWRY AND MOURNE; NORTHERN IRELAND; SLIEVE DONARD; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 23044433680     PISSN: 00750778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00750770409555842     Document Type: Article

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