Till sedimentology and stratigraphy on the Dingle Peninsula, SW Ireland: Implications for late quaternary regional ice flow patterns

Proceedings of the Geologists' Association

Volumn 119, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 137-152

  Cofaigh, Colm Ó ^a   Evans, David J A ^a   Hieimstra, John ^b  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dingle Peninsula; Glaciation; Ireland; Quaternary; Till

Indexed keywords

ICE FLOW; LAST GLACIATION; PROVENANCE; REWORKING; SEDIMENTOLOGY; STRATIGRAPHY; SUBGLACIAL DEPOSIT; TILL;

COUNTY KERRY; DINGLE PENINSULA; EURASIA; EUROPE; IRELAND; MUNSTER [IRELAND]; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 48249143256     PISSN: 00167878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-7878(08)80314-8     Document Type: Article

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