The Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal: Exhibiting a View of the Progressive Discoveries and Improvements in the Sciences and the Arts, 13. köideA. and C. Black, 1861 |
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Page 14
... called simply Katla , Kotla , or Kötlu ; at other times the word " jökul " is added , and it becomes Katla , Kotla , or Kötlu jökul . In some maps it does not appear at all , either as fissure or volcano . This is the case in the map of ...
... called simply Katla , Kotla , or Kötlu ; at other times the word " jökul " is added , and it becomes Katla , Kotla , or Kötlu jökul . In some maps it does not appear at all , either as fissure or volcano . This is the case in the map of ...
Page 15
... called Kötlugjá is so large as to resemble an extensive valley ; it is situated on the north - east shoulder of Myrdals - jökul , and its direction is first from S. W. to N.E. , and then turning at a right angle from S.E. to N.W. There ...
... called Kötlugjá is so large as to resemble an extensive valley ; it is situated on the north - east shoulder of Myrdals - jökul , and its direction is first from S. W. to N.E. , and then turning at a right angle from S.E. to N.W. There ...
Page 27
... called by Professor Arnesen and Dr Hjaltalin " Pumice - tuff , " enters- to what extent I know not - into the composition of some of the outlying hills around Kötlugjá . It is of a leek - green colour , is light , porous , and very ...
... called by Professor Arnesen and Dr Hjaltalin " Pumice - tuff , " enters- to what extent I know not - into the composition of some of the outlying hills around Kötlugjá . It is of a leek - green colour , is light , porous , and very ...
Page 29
... called Austr - land Eyjar to the west of Eyafjalla , he crossed an extensive belt of black volcanic sand , which does not appear on the map . Be- tween the range of jökuls - which includes Eyafjalla , Myrdals , and Godalands - jökuls ...
... called Austr - land Eyjar to the west of Eyafjalla , he crossed an extensive belt of black volcanic sand , which does not appear on the map . Be- tween the range of jökuls - which includes Eyafjalla , Myrdals , and Godalands - jökuls ...
Page 31
... called Eyafjalla - jökul ; and while so designated , an eruption of Kötlugjá would consequently rank as an erup- tion of Eyafjalla . Again , what is laid down on Professor Gunnlaugsson's map as Myrdals - jökul , this name being derived ...
... called Eyafjalla - jökul ; and while so designated , an eruption of Kötlugjá would consequently rank as an erup- tion of Eyafjalla . Again , what is laid down on Professor Gunnlaugsson's map as Myrdals - jökul , this name being derived ...
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