Late Weichselian Glacial Geology of the Lower Borgarfjördur Region, Western Iceland: a Preliminary Report

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Author: Ingólfsson, Ólafur
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 1985
• Subjects: Coast changes; Deglaciation; Glacial deposits; Glacial geology; Glacier variations; Glaciers; Mollusks; Pleistocene epoch; Radiocarbon dating; Sea level; Sediments (Geology); Shorelines; Stratigraphy; Iceland; Melabakkar; Arctic; glacier
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/65187

Morphological and lithostratigraphical investigations have revealed two successive glacial advances of Late Weichselian age in the lower Borgarfjördur region, Western Iceland. Studies of the Melabakkar-Ásbakkar coastal cliffs have disclosed a complex of glaciomarine sediments and tills, accompanied...