Dating recent alluvial sediments in the Wicklow Mountains

Auteurs :
THORP, M.
GALLAGHER, C.

Description :
Modern floodplain sediments in the Wicklow Mountains display a stratigraphy and sedimentology that contrasts them with earlier Holocene alluvium. This paper presents the results of a C 14 dating programme the objects of which were to date : a) more definitively their commencement throughout the Wicklow Mountains, and b) their internal stratigraphies with a view to establishing a flood chronology. Although the results show that the immediate research aims cannot be achieved using C 14 dating they have lead to a clearer understanding of the sourcing and dynamics of the modern style of sedimentation.


Type de document :
Article de périodique

Source :
Irish geography, issn : 0075-0778, 1999, vol. 32, n°. 2, p. 112-125, Collation : Illustration, Références bibliographiques : 20 ref.

Date :
1999

Editeur :
Pays édition : Irlande, Dublin, Geographical Society of Ireland