Structure and directional properties of some valley sandur deposits in southern Iceland

• Published in: Sedimentology
• Main Author: BLUCK, B. J.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 1974
• Subjects: Landmannalaugar; Iceland
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-3091.1974.tb01789.x; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1111%2Fj.1365-3091.1974.tb01789.x; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/j.1365-3091.1974.tb01789.x

ABSTRACT Sediments in the valley sandurs of Markarfljot and Landmannalaugar accrete in complex lateral (transverse) bars. Directional structures within the bars are more variable in orientation than the channels which contain them. This greater variability is mainly due to the diversification of the...