Holocene environmental changes in the central highlands of Iceland as recorded in soils

• Main Author: Sigurveig Gunnarsdóttir 1994-
• Other Authors: Háskóli Íslands
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: Jarðfræði; Jarðsaga; Jarðvegur; Rof; Loftslagsbreytingar; Jarðlög; Kjölur; Rannsóknir; Arnarvatn; Arnarvatn-Stóra; Hvítárvatn; Langjökull; Iceland
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/1946/31875

Across the central highlands of Iceland soil sections are accessible in rofabörð were they can reach back to the time of initial soil formation after the deglaciation around 11.5 ka. These soil sections have been used to reconstruct tephrochronology and also to study soil erosion in Iceland. The mai...