Long varve series in Finland |
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| Authors: | MATTI SAARNISTO |
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| Institution: | Department of Geology, University of Oulu, SF-905 70 Oulu, Finland |
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| Abstract: | Thinly varved 'postglacial' organic sediments are quite common in Finnish lakes, and attempts have been made to locate a site where they could be connected with the varved 'lateglacial' clays in order to he able to count the entire time since the ice retreat within one varved sequence. One promising site is Lake Valkiajärvi near Ruovesi in the Lake Region. The known sedimentary record covers nearly 9,500 years, which means that it starts very close to the time of the deglaciation of the Valkiajärvi area, around 9,600 B.P., or + 600 according to the original Finnish varve chronology (of Sauramo). |
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