The Larajæg'gi outcrop - A large combined Neoproterozoic/Pleistocene roche moutonnée at Karlebotn, Finnmark, North Norway

Norsk Geologisk Tidsskrift

Volumn 84, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 107-115

  Laajoki, Kouko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FJORD; GLACIATION; GNEISS; ICE MOVEMENT; OUTCROP; PLEISTOCENE; PROTEROZOIC; QUARTZITE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FINNMARK; KARLEBOTN; NORTHERN EUROPE; NORWAY; SCANDINAVIA;

EID: 33748485987     PISSN: 0029196X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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