Pulju moraine explained

A Pulju moraine (Swedish: Pulju-morän) is a type of moraine found in northern Finland.^{[1] [2]} Pulju moraines were first identified as distinct moraine type in 1967 by Finnish geologist Raimo Kujansuu who noticed moraines that resembled Veiki moraines as those described by Gunnar Hoppe in 1952^[3] but were smaller.^[4] Raimo Kujansuu described Pulju moraines with the following words:^[4]

Together with Veiki moraines Pulju moraines form landscapes of the type "ice-walled lake plains".^[2]

See also

• Pulju Wilderness Area
• Terminal moraine
• List of glacial moraines

Notes and References

1. Lagerbäck . Robert . 1988 . The Veiki moraines in northern Sweden‐widespread evidence of an Early Weichselian deglaciation . . 17 . 4 . 469–486 .
2. Peterson. Gustaf. Smith. Colby A. . 2013 . Beskrivning av enheter i den geomorfologiska databasen över Sverige . . sv .
3. Hoppe . Gunnar . Gunnar Hoppe . 1952 . Hummocky moraine regions with special reference to the interior of Norrbotten . . Swedish Society for Anthropology and Geography . 33 . 1–72 .
4. Kujansuu. Raimo . 1967 . On the deglaciation of western Finnish Lapland . . 232 . 56–57 .