The late Tertiary landscapes of western Ireland

Irish Geography

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 111-127

  Coxon, Pete ^a  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Irish landscape evolution; Irish vegetational history; Neogene palaeosurfaces; Tertiary denudation; Western Ireland

Indexed keywords

BEDROCK; LANDSCAPE EVOLUTION; LIMESTONE; PALEOSURFACE; PERIGLACIAL ENVIRONMENT; TERTIARY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; IRELAND; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33744947969     PISSN: 00750778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00750770509555854     Document Type: Review

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