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Basaltic strata, faulting, and glaciation in western Iceland
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| Date: | 2017-02-07 15:40:50 |
| Blog: | Mountain Beltway  |
| URL: | http://blogs.agu.org/mountainbeltway/2017/02/07/basaltic-strata-faulting-glaciation-western-iceland/ |
Summary:
Today, let’s journey to Iceland, to a bit northwest of Reykjavík. This is a view from the top of the Grábrók cinder cone, across the valley to the east. With very few exceptions, Iceland is a big pile of basalt, and that shows through in the walls of this valley, which display a stack of basaltic lava flows, intercalated in places with pyroclastic debris or volcaniclastic sediment. One portion of …Content analysis:
Keywords:
basalt
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