Entropy of Pleistocene till composition as an indicator of sedimentation conditions in Southern Lithuania

Geological Quarterly

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 115-122

  Baltrunas, Valentinas ^a   Gaigalas, Algirdas ^a  

^a VILNIUS UNIVERSITY   (Lithuania)

Author keywords

Pleistocence till; Relative entropy; Sedimentology; Southern Lithuania

Indexed keywords

ENTROPY; GLACIAL DEPOSIT; PLEISTOCENE; SEDIMENTATION; TILL;

BALTIC STATES; EURASIA; EUROPE; LITHUANIA; NORTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 3142713088     PISSN: 16417291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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