Extent and retreat history of the Barra Fan Ice Stream offshore western Scotland and northern Ireland during the last glaciation

• Published in: Quaternary Science Reviews
• Main Authors: Callard, S Louise, Cofaigh, Colm O, Benetti, Sara, Chiverrell, Richard C, Van Landeghem, Katrien JJ, Saher, Margot H, Gales, Jenny A, Small, David, Clark, Chris D, Stephen, J Livingstone, Fabel, Derek, Moreton, Steven G
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier BV 2018
• Subjects: Barra; Ice Sheet; Ice Shelf
• Online Access: http://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/3028633/; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2018.10.002; http://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/3028633/1/Callard,%20S.L.a_Extent-and-retreat-history-of-the-Barra-Fan-Ice-Stream-offshore-western-Scotland-and-northern-Ireland-during-the-last-glaciationArticleOpen-Access_2018.pdf

During the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM) the marine-terminating Barra Fan Ice Stream (BFIS), a major conduit of the British Irish Ice Sheet (BIIS), drained much of western Scotland and northwest Ireland with ice streaming onto the continental shelf of the Malin Sea. The extent and retreat history of th...