The glacial sequence at Killiney, SE Ireland: terrestrial deglaciation and polyphase glacitectonic deformation

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 29, Issue 5-6, 2010, Pages 696-719

  Rijsdijk, Kenneth F ^a,b   Warren, William P ^c   van der Meer, Jaap J M ^d  

^a NATURALIS BIODIVERSITY CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c Geological Survey of Ireland   (Ireland)

^d QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPRESSIONAL DEFORMATION; DEFORMATION GEOMETRY; DEGLACIATIONS; DEPOSITIONAL CONDITION; FLOW-INDUCED DEFORMATION; GLACIGENIC SEDIMENTS; HYDRO-FRACTURING; ICE SHEET; IMPACT DEFORMATION; IRELAND; IRISH SEA; LOW VISCOSITY; PURE SHEAR; RELATIVE SEA LEVEL; SIMPLE SHEAR; SIMULTANEOUS DEPOSITION;

GLACIAL GEOLOGY; GLACIERS; SEA ICE; SEA LEVEL; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SWITCHING CIRCUITS; VISCOSITY;

DEFORMATION;

CHRONOLOGY; DEGLACIATION; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; DEPOSITIONAL SEQUENCE; FRACTURE APERTURE; GLACIOTECTONICS; ICE SHEET; TECTONIC RECONSTRUCTION; VISCOSITY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; IRISH SEA;

EID: 76649111040     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2009.11.011     Document Type: Article

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