Post-glacial uplift

• Other Authors: Wojtal, Steven F.
• Language: unknown
• Published: Oberlin College Library 1997
• Subjects: Surficial Geology; Quaternary Geology; Cleavage; Slip cleavage; Skogar; Ice cap; Iceland
• Online Access: http://server15963.contentdm.oclc.org/u?/p15963coll1,2001

View downstream from the Skogafoss. Skogafoss occurs at a scarp along the southern edge of a glaciated plateau; the base of the waterfall is a wave cut terrace extending to the ocean. The scarp resulted from erosion by waves along the ocean shore. This scarp is currently found several miles from the...