Lithostratigraphy of Late Weichselian tills on the West Estonian Islands

Bulletin of the Geological Society of Finland

Volumn 70, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 5-17

  Kadastik, Ene ^a,b   Kalm, Volli ^b  

^a Geological Survey of Estonia   (Estonia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

Author keywords

Chemical composition; Correlation; Estonia; Grain size; Hiiumaa; Lithostratigraphy; Mineral composition; Petrography; Saaremaa; Till; Weichselian

Indexed keywords

GLACIAL DEPOSIT; LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY; TILL; WEICHSELIAN;

ESTONIA;

EID: 0032232692     PISSN: 03675211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17741/bgsf/70.1-2.001     Document Type: Article

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