Spatial distribution and morphological aspects of eskers and bedrock valleys in north Estonia: Implications for the reconstruction of a subglacial drainage system under the Late Weichselian Baltic Ice Stream

Special Paper of the Geological Survey of Finland

Volumn 2007, Issue 46, 2007, Pages 63-68

  Rattas, Maris ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

Author keywords

Drainage patterns; Eskers; Estonia; Glacial geology; Meltwater; Pleistocene; Subglacial environment; Valleys; Weichselian

Indexed keywords

BEDROCK; CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; DRAINAGE NETWORK; ESKER; FORMATION MECHANISM; GEOMORPHOLOGY; GLACIAL DEPOSIT; ICE MARGIN; ICE STREAM; MELTWATER; RECONSTRUCTION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SUBGLACIAL ENVIRONMENT; WEICHSELIAN;

BALTIC STATES; ESTONIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 38749140673     PISSN: 07828535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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