Most Unimaginably Strange An Eclectic Companion to the Landscape of Iceland.

For all who yearn to travel to the home of the sagas, a beautifully illustrated companion to the terrain of Iceland--from puffins to ponies, glaciers and volcanoes to legendary trolls.Described by William Morris as "most unimaginably strange," the landscape of Iceland has fascinated and in...

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Détails bibliographiques
Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Caseldine, Chris
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: London : Reaktion Books, Limited, 2022.
Sujets:
Iceland.
Ecology.
Geology.
Géologie.
geology.
Ecology
Geology
Iceland
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • Cover
  • Title Page
  • Copyright
  • Contents
  • Introduction
  • Chapter 1. Þingvellir, The Ubiquity of Basalt and the Making of Iceland
  • Chapter 2. Hekla and Hell: Thirty Volcanic Systems and Counting
  • Chapter 3. Laki and the Impacts of Eruptions Beyond Iceland
  • Chapter 4. Herðubreið, Móberg Ridges and Sub-Glacial Eruptions
  • Chapter 5. Geysir, Hot Springs and Geothermal Energy
  • Chapter 6. Glaciers, Ice Caps and Overlooked Icelandic Glaciology
  • Chapter 7. Measuring Glaciers
  • Chapter 8. Tillites, Ice Sheets, Glacier Change and Permafrost
  • Chapter 9. Jökulhlaup, Waterfalls and Canyons
  • Chapter 10. Deserts, Erosion, Trees and Concerning Snakes
  • Chapter 11. Iceland in the Anthropocene
  • Postscript
  • References
  • Acknowledgements
  • Photo Acknowledgements
  • Index.

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