Palaeoglaciology of the last Irish ice sheet reconstructed from striae evidence

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 30, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 147-160

  Smith, M J ^a   Knight, J ^b  

^a KINGSTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BED FORMS; BEDROCK SURFACES; DATA SETS; GLACIAL CYCLES; GLACIAL MAXIMA; ICE FLOW; ICE SHEET; IRELAND; SUBGLACIAL CONDITIONS; TEMPORAL EVOLUTION; UPLAND AREA;

DISSOLUTION; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; GLACIERS;

ICE;

BEDFORM; BEDROCK; DATA SET; DATABASE; DEVENSIAN; DISSOLUTION; GLACIAL HISTORY; ICE FLOW; ICE RETREAT; ICE SHEET; MORAINE; PRESERVATION; RECONSTRUCTION; SUBGLACIAL ENVIRONMENT; TEMPORAL EVOLUTION;

IRELAND;

EID: 78650519762     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2010.09.019     Document Type: Article

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