Glacio-dynamic structures from the Blackwater Formation, Co. Wexford, Ireland |
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| Authors: | GEOFFREY S P THOMAS A JOHN SUMMERS |
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| Institution: | Department of Geography, University of Liverpool, P. O. Box 147, Liverpool L69 3BX, England;British Gas Exploration, Marble Arch, London, England |
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| Abstract: | A series of large-scale glacio-dynamic structures exposed in 10 km of coastal cliff cut through the Screen Hills kame-morainc, Co. Wexford. Ireland, is descrihed. The structures range from simple ovcrfolds to complex multiple thrusts, have a consistent structural trend, and result from marginal deformation by an ice-sheet moving from the NE. The relationship between the structures and other, gcomorphic and stratigraphic components is resolved into a simple model of repeated ice-marginal oscillation during a phase of overall glacial retreat. |
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