This book provides a new synthesis of the published research on the Quaternary of Ireland. It
reviews a number of significant advances in the last three decades on the understanding of the
pattern and chronology of the Irish Quaternary glacial interglacial floristic and occupation
records. Those utilising the latest technology have enabled significant advances in
geochronology using accelerated mass spectrometry cosmogenic nuclide extraction and optically
stimulated luminescence amongst others. This has been commensurate with high-resolution
geomorphological mapping of the Irish land surface and continental shelf using a wide range of
remote sensing techniques including MBES and LIDAR. Thus the time is ideal for a state of the
art publication which provides a series of authoritative reviews of the Irish Quaternary
incorporating these most recent advances.
