A Pulju moraine (
Swedish
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: Pulju-morän) is a type of
moraine
A moraine is any accumulation of unconsolidated debris (regolith and rock), sometimes referred to as glacial till, that occurs in both currently and formerly glaciated regions, and that has been previously carried along by a glacier or ice shee ...
found in
northern Finland.
Pulju moraines were first identified as distinct moraine type in 1967 by Finnish geologist Raimo Kujansuu who noticed moraines that resembled
Veiki moraine
A Veiki moraine (Swedish: Veikimorän) is a type of moraine found in northern Sweden, Troms og Finnmark in Norway, and parts of Canada. This moraine is characterized by forming a hummocky landscape of irregular moraine plateaus with elevated rim ...
s as those described by
Gunnar Hoppe
Ernst Gunnar Hoppe (1914-2005) was a Swedish geographer and Quaternary geologist. He became a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in 1964. At ''Stockholms högskola'' (as Stockholm University was known before it was granted university ...
in 1952
but were smaller.
Raimo Kujansuu described Pulju moraines with the following words:
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Together with Veiki moraines Pulju moraines form landscapes of the type "ice-walled lake plains".][
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See also
*Pulju Wilderness Area
Pulju Wilderness Area ( fi, Puljun erämaa) is a wilderness reserve in the municipalities of Enontekiö and Kittilä in Lapland, Finland. It is governed by Metsähallitus and covers . It was established in 1991 like all the other wilderness areas ...
*Terminal moraine
A terminal moraine, also called end moraine, is a type of moraine that forms at the terminal (edge) of a glacier, marking its maximum advance. At this point, debris that has accumulated by plucking and abrasion, has been pushed by the front edge ...
*List of glacial moraines
This a partial list of glacial moraines. They are arranged by continents and divided by related hydrologic basins. This list is incomplete. Please improve the listing.
North America
Moraines of the Great Lakes Region
Lake Ontario Basin
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References
Glacial deposits of Finland
Moraines of Europe
Landforms of Lapland (Finland)
Landforms of Finland
Moraines
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