Aspects of the glacial geomorphology of the Vestfirđir Peninsula of northwest Iceland with particular reference to the Vestur-Isafjarđarsysla area

The evolution of the landscape of Vestfirđir, made almost entirely of volcanic rocks, is traced from the lilocene, when the oldest rocks formed, through the Pliocene and Pleistocene. Volcanic activity ceased first in the north western part leaving a basalt plateau with occasional large volcanoes pro...

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Main Author: Larusson, Eggert
Published: Durham University 1983
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.347441