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

• 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

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.