Reinterpreting Rotherslade, Gower Peninsula: Implications for Last Glacial ice limits and Quaternary stratigraphy of the British Isles

Journal of Quaternary Science

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 399-410

  Hiemstra, John F ^a   Rijsdijk, Kenneth F ^b,c   Shakesby, Richard A ^a   McCarroll, Danny ^a  

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c TNO   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Devensian stratigraphy; Glacial sedimentology; Gower Peninsula; LGM ice limits; Rotherslade

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; DEVENSIAN; GLACIAL DEPOSIT; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; QUATERNARY; SEDIMENTARY SEQUENCE; STRATIGRAPHY; TILL;

EURASIA; EUROPE; GOWER; SWANSEA BAY; UNITED KINGDOM; WALES; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 66249126867     PISSN: 02678179     EISSN: 10991417     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jqs.1238     Document Type: Article

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