Ice sheet extension to the Celtic Sea shelf edge at the Last Glacial Maximum

• Published in: Quaternary Science Reviews
• Main Authors: Praeg, Daniel, McCarron, Stephen, Dove, Dayton, Ó Cofaigh, Colm, Scott, Gill, Monteys, Xavier, Facchin, Lorenzo, Romeo, Roberto, Coxon, Peter
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier 2015
• Subjects: Cockburn; Ice Sheet
• Online Access: http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/511244/; https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/511244/1/JQSR-D-14-00361R1.pdf; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2014.12.010

Previous reconstructions of the British–Irish Ice Sheet (BIIS) envisage ice streaming from the Irish Sea to the Celtic Sea at the Last Glacial Maximum, to a limit on the mid-shelf of the Irish-UK sectors. We present evidence from sediment cores and geophysical profiles that the BIIS extended 150 km...