Radiocarbon dates from the inter-tidal peat bed at Portrush, County Antrim

Irish Geography

Volumn 44, Issue 2-3, 2011, Pages 323-329

  Wilson, Peter ^a   Westley, Kieran ^a   Plets, Ruth ^a   Dempster, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

14C dating; inter tidal peat; Northern Ireland; Portrush; relative sea level

Indexed keywords

BEDFORM; CARBON ISOTOPE; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; PEAT; RADIOCARBON DATING; SEA LEVEL; STRATIGRAPHY;

ANTRIM; NORTHERN IRELAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84860894230     PISSN: 00750778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00750778.2011.620415     Document Type: Article

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