The Glorious Geology of Iceland's Golden Circle

• Main Author: Gudmundsson, Agust (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
• Series: GeoGuide,
• Subjects: Popular works.; Structural geology.; Geophysics.; Earth.; Geology.; Popular Science.; Popular Earth Science.; Structural Geology.; Geophysics/Geodesy.

This is the first book describing the glorious geology of Iceland’s Golden Circle and four additional excursions:(1) the beautiful valleys and mountains of the fjord of Hvalfjördur, (2) the unique landscape and geothermal fields of the Hengill Volcano, (3) the explosion craters, volcanic fissures, a...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Keflavik to Reykjavik
• Reykjavik
• Reykjavik to Thingvellir
• Thingvellir
• Thingvellir to Geysir
• Geysir
• Gullfoss
• Gullfoss-Kerid-Reykjavik
• Other one-day geological excursions from Reykjavik
• Reykjavik-Hvalfjördur
• Reykjavik-Hengill
• Reykjavik-Kleifarvatn-Reykjanes
• Reykjavik-Eyjafjallajökull-Reynisfjara.