Subglacial imprints associated with the isolation and decay of an ice mass in the lower lough erne basin, Co. Fermanagh, NW Ireland

Journal of the Geological Society

Volumn 163, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 421-430

  Lafferty, B ^a   Quinn, R ^a   Breen, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLACIAL LANDFORM; ICE MARGIN; LAST GLACIATION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; IRELAND; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33646362768     PISSN: 00167649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/0016-764904-132     Document Type: Article

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