Weichselian glacial extent in mountain area in central north iceland

Glaciers during the Last Glacial Maximum sculptured many troughs and cirques in the core area of the lava plateau, including Hörgardalur, in the mountain area between Eyjafjördur and Skagafjördur, North Iceland. Data obtained from geomor-phological mapping and field measurements of weathering charac...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Iwata Shuji
Format: Report
Language:English
Published: Department of Geography, Tokyo Metropolitan University 1990
Subjects:
extent of the last glaciation
glacier-erosional landforms
ice-free areas
basalt plateau
weathering of tertiary lava
glacier
Ice Sheet
Iceland
Online Access:https://tokyo-metro-u.repo.nii.ac.jp/?action=repository_uri&item_id=2864
http://hdl.handle.net/10748/3616
https://tokyo-metro-u.repo.nii.ac.jp/?action=repository_action_common_download&item_id=2864&item_no=1&attribute_id=18&file_no=1
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Summary:Glaciers during the Last Glacial Maximum sculptured many troughs and cirques in the core area of the lava plateau, including Hörgardalur, in the mountain area between Eyjafjördur and Skagafjördur, North Iceland. Data obtained from geomor-phological mapping and field measurements of weathering characteristics on glacial troughs and plateau surfaces fail to confirm that the area was covered with the thick ice sheet which flowed out from the central Iceland in the Last Glacial. Rather, thin and inactive-ice fields which connected with the valley glaciers covered the plateau surfaces. The connected glaciers form an ice field. The ice field joined with the outlet glaciers from the main ice sheet of the island.

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