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S U M M A R Y
The loessial soil formation and the soil erosion on Haukadalsheidi
by Guttorrnur Sigbjarnarson,
National Energy Aulhority, Reykjavíli.
From geological point of view the loessial soil formation is one of the
many pecularities of Iceland. Tlie investigations this paper deals with are
an attempt to solve some of the problems concerning its accumulation and
how it is subsequently eroded away. According to many authors the loessial
soil formation can be termed loess, whereas it is an aeolian sediment, but i>