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For over a decade this concise and authoritative field guide to an exceptional natural laboratory has been an essential companion for all those visiting Iceland to observe the Earth in action.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Autores principales: | , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Edinburgh :
Dunedin Academic Press,
2022.
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| Edición: | Third edition. |
| Colección: | Classic geology in Europe ;
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| Temas: | |
| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Introduction: Travel in Iceland ; Pronunciation
- The geology of Iceland
- Introduction
- Geological setting: a global perspective
- Geological framework
- Volcanism
- Neogene, Quaternary, Holocene
- The southwest
- General overview
- Greater Reykjavík
- Reykjanes-Grindavík-Kleifarvatn
- The south
- General overview
- Þingvellir-Geysir-Gullfoss
- Hreppar-Þjórsárdalur-Hekla
- Vestmannaeyjar (the Westman Islands)
- General overview
- Heimaey
- The 1963-7 Surtsey eruption
- The central south
- General overview
- Eyjafjallajökull and Mýrdalur
- The Fire Districts
- The southeast and east
- General overview
- Suðursveit-Lón-Álftafjörður
- The eastern fjords
- The northeast
- General overview
- Jökulsá-Tjörnes
- Krafla-Mývatn
- The north and northwest
- General overview
- Fnjóskadalur to Skagi
- The west
- Snæfellsnes-Borgarfjörður
- volcanic zones and rift jumps
- The Highlands
- General considerations
- Askja-Kverkfjöll
- Landmannalaugar-Veiðivötn.