Field report from sediment coring in peat for landscape analysis in Hjaltadalur, Skagafjörður, north Iceland 2010 : Sediment drilling in Hólar, Vidvik and Kolkuós, Hjaltadalur

This field report presents fieldwork undertaken in Hjaltadalur, Skagafjördur, northern Iceland during summer 2010. The main aim was to initiate coring in selected mires in order to determine the composition of organic material and sediments in the mires, sub-sample for sedimentological and palaeoeco...

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Main Authors: Hellqvist, Magnus, Johansson, Jenny
Format: Report
Language:English
Published: Uppsala universitet, Paleobiologi 2010
Subjects:
Quaternary
Iceland
coring
Hólar
Kolkuos
Vidvik
Quaternary geology
Kvartärgeologi
Hjaltadalur
Kolkuós
Skagafjörður
Online Access:http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-138200
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Summary:This field report presents fieldwork undertaken in Hjaltadalur, Skagafjördur, northern Iceland during summer 2010. The main aim was to initiate coring in selected mires in order to determine the composition of organic material and sediments in the mires, sub-sample for sedimentological and palaeoecological analyses, and initiate advanced landscape analysis of Hjaltadalur. Three mires were selected for sediments coring in Hjaltadalur: Ástunga close to Kolkóus, Hólakot at Viðvik, and Hólar. All three represented a landscape transect in NW to SE direction, from close to the coast to valley interior, i.e. close to the old settlement at Hólar. Hólaransoknin (Hólar project)

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