The glorious geology of Iceland's Golden Circle. ([2017])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Agust Gudmundsson.
• Authors: Gudmundsson, Agust
• Contents: Keflavik to Reykjavik -- Reykjavik -- Reykjavik to Thingvellir -- Thingvellir to Geysir -- Geysir -- Gullfoss -- Gullfoss-Kerid-Reykjavik -- Other one-day geological excursions from Reykjavik -- Reykjavik-Hvalfjordur -- Reykjavik-Hengill -- Reykjavik-Kleifarvatn-Reykjanes -- Reykjavik-Eyjafjallajokull-Reynisfjara. Introduction. -- Keflavik to Reykjavik. -- Reykjavik. -- Reykjavik to Thingvellir. Esja, spreading rate and structures ; Magma chamber and collapse caldera ; Subsiding crustal segment, a graben.- Thingvellir. Almannagja ; Peningagja and Flosagja ; How do the fractures form? How deep are the fractures? When will the next eruption occur? -- Thingvellir to Geysir. Hrafnagja ; Botnsulur and Armannsfell ; Hrafnabjorg table mountain ; Skjaldbreidur lava shield ; Laugarvatnshellar and hyaloclastites ; The importance of power laws in natural (and human processes) ; Pillow lavas. -- Geysir. Mechanism of eruption ; Geothermal fields ; Geysers and earthquakes ; Heat sources. -- Gullfoss. Why has Gullfos two oblique steps? How did the canyon evolve? -- Gullfoss-Kerid-Reykjavik. Earthquake faults and mountain shapes ; Pit crater ; Rockfalls and earthquakes ; Lava erupted in the year 1000 ; The youngest lava flow to have entered Reykjavik. -- Other one-day geological excursions from Reykjavik -- Reykjavik-Hvalfjordur. Magma transport inside a volcano ; Volcanic systems and dike swarms ; Sandpit, secondary minerals, and dike propagation ; Difference between eruptive fractures (dikes) and earthquake fractures (faults) ; Landscapes, landforms, and the Hvalfjordur Volcano ; What does the Thingvellir Graben look like at great depth? Vertical section through two lava shields ; Table mountain Hvalfell -- Reykjavik-Hengill. Hyaloclastite ridge ; Feeder-dike ; Geology of Hengill, overview ; Geothermy ; The Nesjahraun lava ; Major faults. -- Reykjavik-Kleifarvatn-Reykjanes. Lava channels ; Sveifluhals and Kleifarvatn ; Kleifarvan, controlled by fractures ; Fracture sets and volcanic eruptions ; The structure of Sveifluhals ; Deformation bands and fluid flow ; Geothermal fields ; Explosion craters, Maars ; Table mountain cut in half ; Young lava flow and a graben ; Volcanic fissure and flow channeling ; Reykjanes, lava shields and lava fields ; A 800-year-old fissure eruption ; Details of 800-year-old feeder and non-feeder dikes ; Bridge between two continents. -- Reykjavik-Eyjafjallajokull-Reynisfjara. Largest lava flow erupted on Earth in the past 10 thousand years ; Earthquake fractures from the year 2000 ; Hekla Volcano ; Seljalandsfoss Waterfall ; Eyjafjallajokull Volcano, internal structure and the 2010 eruptions ; Skogarfoss Waterfall ; Petursey, an island on dry land ; A village threatened by the eruptions of the Katla Volcano ; How large are the outburst floods? ; Katla Volcano ; The breach of Reynisfjara. -- Glossary.
• Publisher Details: Cham, Switzerland : Springer
• Publication Date: 2017
• Extent: Xiii, 334 pages, color illustrations, color maps, 21 cm
• Subjects: 554.912; Geology -- Iceland; Geology; Iceland -- Guidebooks; Iceland; Guidebooks; Guidebooks; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319551517; 3319551515; 9783319551524; 3319551523
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
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