Open AccessThe deglaciation of Finland after 10,000 B. P.
Author(s) -
IGNATIUS HEIKKI,
KORPELA KAUKO,
KUJANSUU RAIMO
Publication year - 1980
Publication title -
boreas
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.95
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1502-3885
pISSN - 0300-9483
DOI - 10.1111/j.1502-3885.1980.tb00698.x
Subject(s) - deglaciation , geology , radiocarbon dating , physical geography , holocene , oceanography , paleontology , geography
Various concepts of the deglaciation of Finland are presented in the form of a historical review. The suggestions of an early (12,000–10,000 B.P) deglaciation of eastern and northern Finland are considered to be erroneous. A map depicting the ice recession as successive ice‐marginal lines is presented. According to radiocarbon dates the Finnish territory was entirely deglaciated slightly after 9000 B. P.