Orientation and properties of jointing in Helsinki area, southern Finland

Special Paper of the Geological Survey of Finland

Volumn 2008, Issue 47, 2008, Pages 253-282

  Wennerström, Marit ^a   Airo, Meri Liisa ^a   Elminen, Tuija ^a   Niemelä, Reijo ^a   Pajunen, Matti ^a   Vaarma, Markus ^a   Wasenius, Pekka ^a  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

Bedrock, joints; Espoo; Finland; Helsinki; Orientation; Paleoproterozoic; Properties; Structural analysis; Urban environment; Vantaa

Indexed keywords

BEDROCK; BRITTLE FRACTURE; DEFORMATION; FAULT GEOMETRY; GNEISS; JOINT; LITHOLOGY; MAGMATISM; MAPPING; PROTEROZOIC; SVECOFENNIAN OROGENY; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TECTONIC STRUCTURE;

ETELA SUOMEN; EURASIA; EUROPE; FINLAND; HELSINKI; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA;

EID: 49549095548     PISSN: 07828535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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