Rit (Vísindafélag Íslendinga) - 01.06.1971, Page 136

Rit (Vísindafélag Íslendinga) - 01.06.1971, Page 136
136 GUÐMUNDUR PÁLMASON rounding Iceland. Detail is presently being added to the gravity map of Iceland, in particular in the central highlands. Correcting for variations in crustal structure would then give an improved picture of the possible density variations in the upper mantle and might lead to a better understanding of the large scale processes taking place beneath the volcanic zone of Iceland. Deep-drilling to study the nature of layer 3 under Iceland ap- pears to be perfectly feasible at the present state of knowledge. Several areas appear promising for this purpose, e.g. the western Iceland area and the Snaefellsnes area. 17. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Most of the field work for this paper was collected under the auspices of the Icelandic National Energy Authority, Department of Natural Heat. The author wishes to thank the Director of the NEA, Mr. Jakoh Gíslason, for his support of this work and Dr. Gunnar Bödvarsson, the former chief of the Department of Natural Heat, under whose leadership the work was started. The author wishes to thank the Science Institute of the University of Iceland for a Paul S. Bauer Fellowship which enabled him to stay at the Institute for a year and a half, during which time the present paper was written. Free use of the facilities of the Computing Center at the Institute is also acknowledged. The offshore work was supported by the Icelandic Science Fund. This work was made possible through the cooperation of the Icelandic Coast Guard, which made ships available for exploding charges. The author wishes to express his gratitude to Mr. Pétur Sigurdsson, Director of the Coast Guard, to Mr. Gunnar Bergsteins- son and to the crews of the ships for their help. Many individuals have participated in various phases of the work. In particular the author would like to mention Messrs. Jónas Gústavsson, Stefán Glúmsson, Ás- kell Kerúlf, Sveinn Magnússon and Skarphédinn Pálmason. The drawings were made by Mr. Einar Thorláksson of the NEA. Mr. Thorsteinn Egilson and Mr. Gunnar Höskuldsson read the English text and made several critical comments for which the author is grateful. Finally, the author wishes to thank the Ministry of Industries, Reykjavík, and the Director of the NEA for granting him a leave of absence for the purpose of writing this paper.
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