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fellsjökull to try to get a second set of figures
for comparison. Much of the survey still has
to be worked out. My object has been to bring
to notice some of the peculiar features of the
ogives on these glaciers of South-East Iceland
which are worthy of further study, and to put
fcrward the theory that occurred to us in the
field, fully realising that further evidence may
radically alter the explanation given.
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Á G R I P
Sumarið 1957 dvaldist hópur stúdenta frá
Cambridge háskóla við rannsóknir á Svínafells-
jökli og öðrum skriðjöklum í Orcefum. Aðal-
viðfangsefnið var að mcela svigður á Svínafells-
jökli og gera sér grein fyrir myndun þeirra.
í ofanritaðri grein birtir G.R.Elliston bráða-
birgðaskýrslu um þessar rannsóknir og rceðir
hugsanlegar skýringar á myndun þeirra svigða,
einfaldra og margfaldra, sem þeir félagar at-
huguðu á Svínafellsjökli, Morsárjökli og Fall-
jökli.
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