The unique moraine morphology, stratotypes and ongoing geological processes at the Kvarken Archipelago on the land uplift area in the Western coast of Finland

Special Paper of the Geological Survey of Finland

Volumn , Issue 40, 2005, Pages 97-111

  Breilin, Olli ^a   Kotilainen, Aarno ^a   Nenonen, Keijo ^a   Räsänen, Matti ^b  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF FINLAND   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Archipelagos; De Geer moraines; Finland; Geomorphology; Glacial features; Hummocky moraines; Kvarken; Marine geology; Merenkurkku; Moraines; Quaternary; Stratotypes; Uplifts

Indexed keywords

GLACIAL LANDFORM; MORAINE;

EID: 33244465387     PISSN: 07828535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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