The Donegal ice dome, northwest Ireland: Dimensions and chronology

Journal of Quaternary Science

Volumn 22, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 773-783

  Ballantyne, Colin K ^a   McCarroll, Danny ^b   Stone, John O ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^b SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Clay fraction mineralogy; Cosmogenic isotope exposure dating; Ice sheet reconstruction; Palaeonunataks

Indexed keywords

GEOCHRONOLOGY; ICE SHEET; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; NUNATAK; RECONSTRUCTION;

COUNTY DONEGAL; DONEGAL [COUNTY DONEGAL]; EURASIA; EUROPE; IRELAND; ULSTER [IRELAND]; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 37249002297     PISSN: 02678179     EISSN: 10991417     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jqs.1116     Document Type: Article

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