Interlobate ice-sheet dynamics during the last glacial maximum at Whitburn Bay, County Durham, England

Boreas

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 555-578

  Davies, Bethan J ^a   Roberts, David H ^a   Cofaigh, Colm Ó ^a   Bridgland, David R ^a   Riding, James B ^b   Phillips, Emrys R ^b   Teasdale, Derek A ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; CRYSTALLINE ROCK; DEVENSIAN; GLACIOCHEMISTRY; ICE FLOW; ICE MOVEMENT; ICE SHEET; ICE STREAM; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY; PROVENANCE; TILL;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; CHEVIOT HILLS; ENGLAND; NORTH SEA; SCOTLAND; SOUTH TYNESIDE; UNITED KINGDOM; WHITBURN BAY;

ULEX EUROPAEUS;

EID: 73949098528     PISSN: 03009483     EISSN: 15023885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1502-3885.2008.00083.x     Document Type: Article

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