Sedimentary evidence for the formation mechanism of the Armoy moraine and late Devensian glacial events in the north of Ireland

Geological Journal

Volumn 39, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 403-417

  Knight, Jasper ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

British ice sheet; Glaciolacustrine; Irish ice; Killard Point Stadial; Late Devensian; Scottish ice; Surging

Indexed keywords

DEVENSIAN; GLACIER SURGE; GLACIOLACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; ICE SHEET; MORAINE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; IRELAND; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 4644248894     PISSN: 00721050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gj.964     Document Type: Article

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