Essays about: "Weichsel"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 6 essays containing the word Weichsel.

  1. 1. A sedimentological and stratigraphical study of Veiki moraine in northernmost Sweden

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Geologiska institutionen

    Author : Þorbjörg Sigfúsdóttir; [2013]
    Keywords : Veiki moraine; glacial geology; Weichselian glaciation; northern Sweden; supraglacial lakes; Veikimorän; glacialgeologi; Weichselistiden; norra Sverige; supraglacial sjö; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

    Abstract : Veiki moraine is a landform area consisting of rim-ridged subcircular hummocks and plateaus with depressions in between, mostly located within a N-S extending zone of a hummocky landscape. It is believed to have formed during the pre-late Weichselian and survived overriding by ice during the subsequent glaciations. READ MORE

  3. 2. Late Weichselian glacial and geomorphological reconstruction of South-Western Scania, Sweden

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Geologiska institutionen

    Author : Kilian Barth; [2011]
    Keywords : Trelleborg; Vellinge; ice stream; Scania; ice lobe; late Weichselian; Malmö; Skåne; Weichsel; Söderslätt; Backlandskapet; isström ; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

    Abstract : This study was carried out to deliver new insight into the late Weichselian landscape development of South Western Scania and to make regional scale glaciation models of South-Western Scandinavia more accurate. The goal of this study is to find out how the latest ice advances affected the study area. READ MORE

  4. 3. A palaeoecological study of Holocene lake sediments above the highest shoreline in the province of Västerbotten, northeast Sweden

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Geologiska institutionen

    Author : Petra Bragée; [2005]
    Keywords : geography; geology; palaeoecology; Holocene lake sediments; Västerbotten; Sweden; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

    Abstract : En sedimentborrkärna från sjön Svartkälstjärn, belägen 260 m ö.h. nära Vindeln i Västerbotten, provtogs for analys av frekvensen pollen, sporer och kolpartiklar samt beräkning av ackumulationshalter. READ MORE

  5. 4. An architectural element analysis of a large-scale thrust complex, Kanin Peninsula, NW Russia : interaction between the Barents and Kara Sea ice sheets

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Geologiska institutionen

    Author : Lena Håkansson; [2003]
    Keywords : glaciotectonism; architectural element analyses; large-scale thrust complexes; basal tills; NW Russia; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

    Abstract : Den Eurasiska shelfen var under Weichsel istiden täckt av inlandsisar centrerade i Barents och Kara Havet. Kanin Halvön i nordvästra Ryssland upptar en nyckelposition för att registrera de shelfbaserade isarnas passage över till fastlandet. READ MORE

  6. 5. A paleoecological study of the Pleistocene-Holocene transition in the Kap Farvel area, South Greenland

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Geologiska institutionen

    Author : Karl Ljung; [2001]
    Keywords : lake sediments; South Greenland; Kap Farvel; Younger Dryas; Preboreal; pollen; plant succession; climate change; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

    Abstract : Populärvetenskaplig sammanfattning: En paleoekologisk studie av övergången från sen- till postglacial tid i Kap Farvel-området, Sydgrönland. En sedimentsekvens från en sjö på Grönlands sydspets, Kap Farvel-området, undersöktes med avseende på polleninnehåll, magnetisk susceptibilitet och organisk halt. READ MORE