A model of subaqueous sedimentation at the margin of the Late Midlandian Irish Ice Sheet, Connemara, Ireland, and its implications for regionally high isostatic sea-levels

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 25, Issue 21-22, 2006, Pages 2868-2893

  Thomas, Geoffrey S P ^a   Chiverrell, Richard C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MARINE ENGINEERING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SEA ICE; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEDIMENTS; WATER LEVELS;

BASIN FLOOR SEDIMENTS; GLACIO-SEDIMENTARY MODELS; MARINE FAUNA;

SEDIMENTATION;

GLACIAL SEDIMENTATION; ICE SHEET; QUATERNARY; SUBGLACIAL DEPOSIT;

CONNACHT; CONNEMARA; COUNTY GALWAY; EURASIA; EUROPE; IRELAND; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33751252550     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2006.04.002     Document Type: Article

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