A proposal for formal lithostratigraphical names in the Suupohja region, western Finland

Special Paper of the Geological Survey of Finland

Volumn , Issue 40, 2005, Pages 91-95

  Pitkäranta, Reijo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Finland; Glacial geology; Lithofacies; Lithostratigraphy; Pleistocene; Quaternary; Sediments; South Ostrobothnia; Stratigraphic units

Indexed keywords

LITHOFACIES; LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY; PLEISTOCENE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FINLAND; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA;

EID: 33244480825     PISSN: 07828535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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