Structure and micromorphology of glacial and non-glacial deposits in coastal bluffs at Sensala, Western Latvia

Baltica

Volumn 20, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 19-27

  Saks, Tomas ^a   Kalvans, Andis ^a   Zelčs, Vitalijs ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LATVIA   (Latvia)

Author keywords

Deformation structures; Glacial deposits; Glaciotectonics; Micromorphology; OSL dating; Till fabric

Indexed keywords

ABRASION; DATING METHOD; DEFORMATION; GLACIAL DEPOSIT; GLACIOTECTONICS; MICROMORPHOLOGY; PLEISTOCENE; TILL; WEICHSELIAN;

BALTIC STATES; EURASIA; EUROPE; LATVIA; NORTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 45949097009     PISSN: 00673064     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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