The changing landforms of Finland

Finland - Nature, Society, and Regions. Special issue, with CD-ROM

Auteurs :
TIKKANEN, M.
RAENTO, P.

Description :
The A. examines briefly the general outlines of the relief in Finland, bedrock and surficial landforms, their origins, and the factors that have affected their development. The basic framework for the relief in Finland is formed by the highly eroded Precambrian bedrock. The most notable among the landforms dating from after the deglaciation (12,000-9000 years ago) are clay plains, river valleys, beach and dune formations and mires. Particularly the glaciofluvial landforms have been badly spoiled by human activity in places, in the form of the large-scale extraction of sand and gravel.


Type de document :
Article de monographie

Source :
Fennia (Helsinki. 1889), issn : 0015-0010, 2002, vol. 180, n°. 1-2, p. 21-30, nombre de pages : 10, Collation : Illustration, Références bibliographiques : 48 ref.

Date :
2002

Editeur :
Pays édition : Finlande, Helsinki, Societas Geographica Fenniae