Trimlines, blockfields and the vertical extent of the last ice sheet in southern Ireland

• Published in: Boreas
• Main Authors: Ballantyne, Colin, Stone, John O.
• Other Authors: University of St Andrews. Geography & Sustainable Development
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2015
• Subjects: G Geography (General); QE Geology; NDAS; G1; QE; Ner; Ice Sheet; Sea ice
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10023/6021; https://doi.org/10.1111/bor.12109

The research reported here was supported by UK NERC grant NER/B/S/2001/0919 Trimlines separating glacially abraded lower slopes from blockfield-covered summits on Irish mountains have traditionally been interpreted as representing the upper limit of the last ice sheet during the Last Glacial Maximum...