Holocene sea levels, Last Glacial Maximum glaciomarine environments and geophysical models in the northern Irish Sea Basin, UK

Marine Geology

Volumn 231, Issue 1-4, 2006, Pages 113-128

  Roberts, D H ^a   Chiverrell, R C ^b   Innes, J B ^a   Horton, B P ^c   Brooks, A J ^d   Thomas, G S P ^b   Turner, S ^e   Gonzalez, S ^f  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^d TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^e UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^f LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

geophysical models; Irish Sea Basin; Last Glacial Maximum deglaciation; relative sea level

Indexed keywords

GEOPHYSICAL MODELS; IRISH SEA BASIN; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM DEGLACIATION; RELATIVE SEA LEVEL;

GEOLOGY; GEOPHYSICS; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; ICE; MARINE BIOLOGY; SEDIMENTS;

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION;

GEOPHYSICAL SURVEY; GLACIOMARINE DEPOSIT; HOLOCENE; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; LATE GLACIAL; SEA LEVEL CHANGE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; IRISH SEA;

EID: 33748125344     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.margeo.2006.05.005     Document Type: Article

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