Evidence for and reconstruction of a Nahanagan Stade glacier at Croloughan Lough, Derryveagh Mountains, Co. Donegal

Irish Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn , Issue 22, 2004, Pages 45-54

  Wilson, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EQUILIBRIUM LINE; GLACIER DYNAMICS; MORAINE; YOUNGER DRYAS;

COUNTY DONEGAL; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; IRELAND; ULSTER; WESTERN EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 9744237219     PISSN: 07901763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3318/ijes.2004.22.1.45     Document Type: Article

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