Sea-level change in Vestfirdir, Iceland

• Main Authors: Hansom, James D., Briggs, David J.
• Other Authors: Maizels, Judith, Caseldine, Chris
• Format: Book Part
• Language: unknown
• Published: Kluwer Academic 1991
• Subjects: Smáhamrar; Storegga; Vestfirðir; Iceland
• Online Access: http://eprints.gla.ac.uk/99933/; https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-3150-6_6

Recent observations in the Vestfirðir area of Iceland have revealed a wealth of raised marine features from ca 70 m a.s.l. to 1m a.s.l. that may reveal a different isostatic uplift pattern from that of the rest of Iceland. At 8.5 m a.s.l. at Hvítahlíð, microplanktonrich marine silts are capped by a...