Sedimentology and micropalaeontology of gravity cores from the N.E. Atlantic continental slope south west of Ireland

• Main Author: Buck, P J
• Other Authors: Rogers, John
• Format: Master Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: University of Cape Town 1988
• Subjects: Marine sediments - North Atlantic Ocean; Geology - North Atlantic Ocean; Micropaleontology - North Atlantic Ocean; Arctic; Land's End; Foraminifera*; North Atlantic; Planktonic foraminifera
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/17655; https://open.uct.ac.za/bitstream/11427/17655/1/thesis_sci_1988_buck_p_j.pdf

Bibliography: pages 45-55. Eleven gravity cores from the continental margin off Eire and Land's End (SW England) were examined and found to document the major trends of the Late Pleistocene climate. Several stratigraphic indicators; - carbonate content, sediment texture, grain size, composition...