Evolution of Eolian Relief of the Kaamasjoki-Kiellajoki River Basin in Finnish Lapland

• Main Author: Seppala,Matti
• Other Authors: TURKU UNIV (FINLAND) INSTITUTUM GEOGRAPHICUM
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1971
• Subjects: Geology; Geochemistry and Mineralogy; (*TERRAIN; *FINLAND); SEDIMENTATION; RIVERS; LAKES; WIND; DEPOSITS; SAND; MINERALS; GEOLOGIC AGE DETERMINATION; BATHYTHERMOGRAPH DATA; CLIMATE; PLANTS(BOTANY); TABLES(DATA); RIVER BASINS; GEOMORPHOLOGY; DUNES; Dammed Lake; Kaamasjoki; Subarctic; Lapland
• Online Access: http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/AD0726507; http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=AD0726507

The aim of this study is to explain the dunes and deflation relief formed from sediments accumulated in an ice-dammed lake during the deglaciation in the Kaamasjoki-Kiellajoki river basin. At present the dunes are parabolic fossil dunes formed in periglacial conditions having been deposited by winds...