Distribution of permafrost in Finland
Two main types of permafrost are found in northern Finland. The most widely known occurence is in mires, in peat mounds with permanently frozen cores known as palsas. Some fully new, small occurrences have been found in pounus, small peat humps over large areas in Lapland. The second main type of pe...
Main Author: | M. Seppälä |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Geological Society of Finland
1997-12-01
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Series: | Bulletin of the Geological Society of Finland |
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Online Access: | http://www.geologinenseura.fi/bulletin/Volume69/sgs_bt_069_pages_087_096.pdf |
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