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¦ SUMMARY

Amund Helland and other

geologists visiting iceland in

1881

The paper begins with a biographical outline

of Professor Amund Helland (1846-1918), a

Norwegian geologist who was very productive

in research in a variety of fields including min-

ing, Quaternary geology, and the geography of

Norway. Helland travelled widely in Iceland

in the summer of 1881 and wrote a number of

papers on his observations there, especially on

volcanology and geomorphology. He was,

among other things, the first geologist to in-

vestigate the craters of the 1783 Lakagígar fis-

sure eruption, and the first to estimate the dis-

charge of Icelandic glacial rivers. He also pub-

lished works of the Icelanders Sveinn Pálsson

and Þorvaldur Thoroddsen in Norway.

Another geologist to visit Iceland in 1881

was James Geikie (1839-1915), soon to be-

come Professor of geology at the University of

Edinburgh. Geikie was a pioneer in studying

glacial deposits and geomorphology, and he

was a good friend of Amund Helland. Several

other foreign geoscientists came to Iceland in

the years around 1881.

PÓSTFANC HÖFUNDA/AuTHORS' ADDRESS

Leó Krisljánsson

Raunvísindast.  Háskólans/Science Institute

Dunhaga 3

IS-107 REYKJAVÍK

Iceland

Kristján P. Kristjánsson

Granhaugan I,

N-7081 SJETNEMARKA,

Norway

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