Relict sorted patterned ground in Rostu, northernmost Sweden

Geografiska Annaler, Series B: Human Geography

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 61-72

  Kling, Johan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Radiocarbon dating; Reactivation; Relict sorted patterned ground; Spatial distribution; Stratigraphy

Indexed keywords

FROST HEAVE; PATTERNED GROUND; PERIGLACIAL FEATURE; PERIGLACIAL LANDFORM; RADIOCARBON DATING;

SWEDEN;

EID: 0030438710     PISSN: 04353684     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/04353676.1996.11880452     Document Type: Article

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