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Jökull - 01.12.1993, Page 40

Jökull - 01.12.1993, Page 40
Figure 5. The Miðfjörður bay and the coast east of there with a prominent beach ridge marking the regional marine limit reaching 35 m a.s.l. The Miðfjörðurterrace is visible along the western side of the Miðfjörðurbay itself with the Miðfjörður section (M) and the tephra section (T) indicated by arrows (cf. Figure 4). A sequence of short moraines formed during deglaciation of the area can be seen south of the bay (aerial photograph G-9547; 27.07.1983. Published with permission of the Iceland Geodetic Survey by permit no: 140; 27.06.1994). — Flugljósmynd afMiðfirði og strandlengjunni austan hans. Þar eru fjörumörk mjög greinileg í um 35 m hæð. Innri gerð sethjallans vestan Miðfjarðar var könnuð tveimur stöðum, við M ogT. Sunnan fjarðarins erfjöldi smárra jökulgarðafrá þeim tíma er jökull hörfaði inn yfir núverandi strönd Bakkaflóa. of Flautafell in the Þistilfjörðurarea was formed by an eastwardly moving glacier, while a ice-contact san- dur east of this mountain was formed at the edge of a northwardly moving glacier (Figure 3). The south- ernmost part of the Lónafjörður terraces (Figure 3), which is situated just above the 30 m marine limit, has numerous shallow kettle holes which most likely were formed by melting and disintegration of a stagnated glacier. 38 JÖKULL, No. 43, 1993

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Jökull

Subtitle:
Ársrit Jöklarannsóknarfélags Íslands og Jarðfræðafélags Íslands
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0449-0576
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72
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73
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Published:
1951-present
Available till:
2023
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Jón Eyþórsson (1952-1967)
Sigurður Þórarinsson (1957-1982)
Guðmundur Pálmason (1965-1976)
Sveinbjörn Björnsson (1967-1976)
Helgi Björnsson (1983-1985)
Leó Kristjánsson (1983-1985)
Ólafur G. Flóvenz (1986-1987)
Tómas Jóhannesson (1988-1989)
Helgi Björnsson (1990-1993)
Leó Kristjánsson (1990-1993)
Áslaug Geirsdóttir (1994-2007)
Tómas Jóhannesson (1998-1998)
Bryndís Brandsdóttir (1998-2007)
Halldór Gíslason (2002-2003)
Snævarr Guðmundsson (2006-2007)
Freysteinn Sigmundsson (2008-2008)
Leifur A. Símonarson (2008-2008)
Olgeir Sigmarsson (2008-2008)
Ívar Örn Benediktsson (2012-2012)
Helgi Björnsson (2012-2012)
Guðrún Larsen (2012-2012)
Olgeir Sigmarsson (2012-2012)
Bryndís Brandsdóttir (2013-2016)
Snævarr Guðmundsson (2013-2016)
Þorsteinn Þorsteinsson (2013-2016)
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Reykjavík Jöklarannsóknafélag Íslands Jarðfræðafélag Íslands 1951-.

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