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... formation is basalt . It has been generally held that the island was traversed by a broad trachytic valley , hemmed ... formed of tufa , and only the fells and smaller ice - mountains on the north coast composed of basalt . The mountain ...
... formation is basalt . It has been generally held that the island was traversed by a broad trachytic valley , hemmed ... formed of tufa , and only the fells and smaller ice - mountains on the north coast composed of basalt . The mountain ...
Page xx
... formed by the pressure of enormous superincumbent masses of fresh snow , converting this at any depth to blue glacier ice . Sections such as may be seen in Kaldidalr and on the flanks of Eireks jökull give to these beds a thickness of ...
... formed by the pressure of enormous superincumbent masses of fresh snow , converting this at any depth to blue glacier ice . Sections such as may be seen in Kaldidalr and on the flanks of Eireks jökull give to these beds a thickness of ...
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... formed the huge rift between itself and Myrdals jökull . The volcano has since been called Kötlugjá . 4 1583. Tenth eruption in the sea off Reykjanes ; and the sixteenth of Hekla . 1587. Bursting of ground near Thingvalla lake ; clouds ...
... formed the huge rift between itself and Myrdals jökull . The volcano has since been called Kötlugjá . 4 1583. Tenth eruption in the sea off Reykjanes ; and the sixteenth of Hekla . 1587. Bursting of ground near Thingvalla lake ; clouds ...
Page xxiv
... formed of Palagonite tuff . The principal places where this rock has been pierced by trachyte are Baula , Thorishöfthi in Kaldidalr , a portion of Ók , and Laugarfjall , above Geysir . One of the most singular formations in Iceland is ...
... formed of Palagonite tuff . The principal places where this rock has been pierced by trachyte are Baula , Thorishöfthi in Kaldidalr , a portion of Ók , and Laugarfjall , above Geysir . One of the most singular formations in Iceland is ...
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... formation . Surturbrand is to be found in Borgarfjordar and Myra sysla . At Herathvatn , west of Northurá , is a bed two feet thick , black and lustrous . At Tandarasel there crops out a considerable amount , so also in the Hítárdalr ...
... formation . Surturbrand is to be found in Borgarfjordar and Myra sysla . At Herathvatn , west of Northurá , is a bed two feet thick , black and lustrous . At Tandarasel there crops out a considerable amount , so also in the Hítárdalr ...
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