Kortejärvi Veiki moraine plateau - a key to the glacial history of northern Sweden

• Main Author: Lindqvist, Mimmi Adina
• Format: Master Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: UiT Norges arktiske universitet 2020
• Subjects: Sedimentology; Quaternary geology; VDP::Mathematics and natural science: 400::Geosciences: 450::Quaternary geology; glaciology: 465; VDP::Matematikk og Naturvitenskap: 400::Geofag: 450::Kvartærgeologi; glasiologi: 465; VDP::Mathematics and natural science: 400::Geosciences: 450::Sedimentology: 456; VDP::Matematikk og Naturvitenskap: 400::Geofag: 450::Sedimentologi: 456; GEO-3900; Kortejärvi; Veiki; Ice Sheet; Northern Sweden
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10037/18227

In many parts of Scandinavia, the glacial history is more well established than in northern Sweden. The Veiki moraines in northeastern Sweden presumably store information about the Weichselian glaciations. The moraines were formed when stagnant ice was slowly melting under a thick debris cover, form...