Trimlines, blockfields, mountain-top erratics and the vertical dimensions of the last British-Irish Ice Sheet in NW Scotland

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 55, Issue , 2012, Pages 91-102

  Fabel, Derek ^a   Ballantyne, Colin K ^b   Xu, Sheng ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^c SCOTTISH UNIVERSITIES ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Blockfields; British Irish Ice Sheet; Deglaciation chronology; Erratics; Surface exposure dating; Trimlines

Indexed keywords

BLOCKFIELDS; BRITISH-IRISH ICE SHEET; DEGLACIATIONS; ERRATICS; SURFACE EXPOSURE DATING; TRIMLINES;

CLIMATE MODELS; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; GLACIERS; LANDFORMS; MELTING POINT;

ICE;

CHRONOLOGY; DEGLACIATION; ERRATIC; ICE COVER; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; LAST ICE SHEET; MELTING; THERMOMECHANICS;

SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84867905059     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2012.09.002     Document Type: Article

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