Open AccessGlacio‐dynamic structures from the Blackwater Formation, Co. Wexford, Ireland
Author(s) -
THOMAS GEOFFREY S. P.,
SUMMERS A. JOHN
Publication year - 1984
Publication title -
boreas
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.95
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1502-3885
pISSN - 0300-9483
DOI - 10.1111/j.1502-3885.1984.tb00053.x
Subject(s) - geology , cliff , series (stratigraphy) , glacial period , deformation (meteorology) , range (aeronautics) , geomorphology , paleontology , oceanography , materials science , composite material
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.