Meltwater canyon lakes (saivos) in western Finnish Lapland

Special Paper of the Geological Survey of Finland

Volumn , Issue 40, 2005, Pages 33-39

  Johansson, Peter ^a  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

Canyons; Erosion; Finland; Fracture zones; Lakes; Meltwater channels; Muonio; Subglacial environment; Water erosion

Indexed keywords

GLACIAL HYDROLOGY; MELTWATER; SUBGLACIAL ENVIRONMENT; WATER EROSION;

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

EID: 33244496676     PISSN: 07828535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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