Proglacial sedimentary environment in Pärnu area, western Estonia as derived from the varved clay studies

Special Paper of the Geological Survey of Finland

Volumn 2007, Issue 46, 2007, Pages 79-86

  Hang, Tiit ^a   Talviste, Peeter ^a   Reinson, Raul ^a   Kohv, Marko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

Author keywords

Clay; Deglaciation; Estonia; Glaciolacustrine sedimentation; Grain size; P rnu; Pleistocene; Thickness; Varves; Weichselian

Indexed keywords

CLAY; CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; DEGLACIATION; FINE GRAINED SEDIMENT; GLACIAL DEPOSIT; GLACIAL LAKE; GRAIN SIZE; ICE MARGIN; ICE SHEET; PROGLACIAL ENVIRONMENT; SILT; VARVE; WEICHSELIAN;

BALTIC STATES; ESTONIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; PARNU BAY;

EID: 38549138429     PISSN: 07828535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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