A major ice drainage pathway of the last British-Irish ice sheet: The Tyne Gap, Northern England

Journal of Quaternary Science

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 354-370

  Livingstone, Stephen J ^a   Cofaigh, Colm Ó ^a   Evans, David J A ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

British irish ice sheet; Glacial geomorphology; Ice sheet dynamics; Topographic ice stream; Tyne gap

Indexed keywords

DEVENSIAN; GEOMORPHOLOGY; ICE FLOW; ICE MECHANICS; ICE RETREAT; ICE STREAM; LAST ICE SHEET; MARINE ISOTOPE STAGE; RECONSTRUCTION; SEDIMENTOLOGY; STAGNATION FLOW; WATERSHED;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; CUMBRIA; ENGLAND; IRISH SEA; LAKE DISTRICT; SOLWAY FIRTH; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 77449124002     PISSN: 02678179     EISSN: 10991417     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jqs.1341     Document Type: Article

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