Radiocarbon constraints on the history of the western Irish ice sheet prior to the Last Glacial Maximum

Geology

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 147-150

  McCabe, A Marshall ^a   Clark, Peter U ^b   Clark, Jorie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

14C dating; Irish ice sheet; Last glaciation; Relative sea level

Indexed keywords

IRISH ICE SHEET; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; 14C DATING; CONTINENTAL SHELVES; ICE SHEET; ISOSTATIC LOADING; LAST GLACIATION; MARINE DEPOSITS; RELATIVE SEA LEVEL;

GEOCHRONOLOGY; GLACIERS; ICE; MASS SPECTROMETERS; OCEAN HABITATS; SEA LEVEL; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; PARTICLE ACCELERATOR ACCESSORIES;

GLACIAL GEOLOGY; ICE;

ACCELERATOR MASS SPECTROMETRY; GLACIAL DEPOSIT; ICE SHEET; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; LAST GLACIATION; RADIOCARBON DATING; SEA LEVEL; COAST; CONTINENTAL SHELF; ICE MARGIN; SPECTROMETER;

EURASIA; EUROPE; IRELAND; WESTERN EUROPE; ATLANTIC OCEAN; IRISH SEA;

EID: 33846958416     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 00917613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G23167A.1     Document Type: Article

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