Weichselian stratigraphy, geomorphology and glacial dynamics in southern Finnish Lapland

Bulletin of the Geological Society of Finland

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 71-104

  Sarala, Pertti ^a  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

Drumlins; Finland; Geomorphology; Glacial geology; Glaciation; Lapland Province; Moraines; Pleistocene; Ribbed moraines; Stratigraphy; Till; Weichselian

Indexed keywords

GEOMORPHOLOGY; GLACIER DYNAMICS; QUATERNARY; STRATIGRAPHY; WEICHSELIAN;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FINLAND; LAPLAND; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA;

EID: 29444458986     PISSN: 03675211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17741/bgsf/77.2.001     Document Type: Review

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