Late-and postglacial shoreline displacement and glaciation in and around the skagi peninsula, northern iceland

In the present coastal area in and around the Skagi Peninsula, northern Iceland, two glacier readvances called Blönduós I and Blönduós II occurred. They are correlated with Older and Younger Dryas, respectively. The highest shoreline was formed in connection with the Younger Dryas glacier readvance....

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Main Author: Moriwaki Hiroshi
Format: Report
Language:English
Published: Department of Geography, Tokyo Metropolitan University 1990
Subjects:
shoreline displacement
late-glacial
glaciation
Iceland
Tilting
Dryas Glacier
Blönduós
glacier
Online Access:https://tokyo-metro-u.repo.nii.ac.jp/?action=repository_uri&item_id=2866
http://hdl.handle.net/10748/3614
https://tokyo-metro-u.repo.nii.ac.jp/?action=repository_action_common_download&item_id=2866&item_no=1&attribute_id=18&file_no=1
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Summary:In the present coastal area in and around the Skagi Peninsula, northern Iceland, two glacier readvances called Blönduós I and Blönduós II occurred. They are correlated with Older and Younger Dryas, respectively. The highest shoreline was formed in connection with the Younger Dryas glacier readvance. The height at 50-60 m a.s.l. everywhere indicates that no tilting uplift occurred in the Skagi Peninsula. The glacio-isostatic rebound uplift started immediately after the retreat of glacier, and probably ended about 7,000 or 8,000 years ago. The uplift rate between ca. 10,000 and 9,000 years ago had been 7 cm per year.

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