Rare forms of meltwater erosion on bedrock: Polished flutes in the Åland Sea area, Sweden - Finland

Annales Academiae Scientiarum Fennicae: Geologica-Geographica

Volumn , Issue 169, 2010, Pages 1-39

  Strömberg, Bo ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

land Sea area; Narrow flutes; Polished bedrock surfaces; Subaquatic deglaciation; Subglacial meltwater erosion

Indexed keywords

ABRASION; BEDROCK; DEGLACIATION; EN ECHELON STRUCTURE; EROSION; ICE MOVEMENT; MELTWATER; SUBGLACIAL DEPOSIT;

ALAND; FINLAND;

EID: 77957202420     PISSN: 1239632X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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