Eskers and bedrock gorges (tunnel valleys) in the Pakasaivo area, western Finnish Lapland

• Main Author: Peter Johansson
• Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Subjects: Key words; glacial geology; deglaciation; subglacial environment; eskers; meltwater chan- nels; canyons; lakes; erosion; Pakasaivo; Lapland Province; Finland; Canyon Lake; Dammed Lake; Ice Sheet; Lapland
• Online Access: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.527.8173; http://www.geologinenseura.fi/bulletin/Volume75/Johansson.pdf

Studies of the deglaciation of the last Scandinavian Ice Sheet, including the behavior of the ice sheet and meltwater activity, were conducted in the vicinity of the Pakasaivo can-yon lake, located in western Finnish Lapland. Pakasaivo itself, a circular basin up to 100 m deep, was formed in the bro...