Sub-ice shelf deposition during the late Devensian glaciation in western Ireland

Marine Geology

Volumn 235, Issue 1-4 SPEC. ISS., 2006, Pages 229-240

  Knight, Jasper ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

accommodation space; ice shelf; Ireland; Late Pleistocene sea level change; tidal rhythmites

Indexed keywords

ACCOMMODATION SPACE; ICE SHELF; LATE PLEISTOCENE SEA-LEVEL CHANGE; TIDAL RHYTHMITES;

CLAY; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTS; TIDES;

SEA ICE;

CLASTIC DIKE; DEVENSIAN; GLACIAL DEPOSIT; GLACIATION; ICE SHELF; SILT; TILL;

CLEW BAY; CONNACHT; COUNTY MAYO; EURASIA; EUROPE; IRELAND; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33751510377     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.margeo.2006.10.016     Document Type: Article

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