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Fig. 3. The Litlisandur Glacial Horizon, 250-300 m above 

 sea level, (a) Brown sandstone; (b) some lavas with strong 

 reverse magnetization, basis of the regional magnetic group 

 R^; (c) light and dark brown clay and fine sandstone, 20 m 

 thick, the surface of which is distinctly glacially striated 

 (direction N. 50" W.); (d) grey-brown conglomerate with 

 striated basalt cobbles (moraine), J m thick; (e) a 5 m thick 

 layer of reddish-grey clay with scattered striated basalt stones 

 (moraine), the reddish color of which was acquired probably 

 before the deposition of (f ). The surface of (e) is broken up 

 (frost action), and debris from (e) is incorporated in (f); (f) 

 conglomerate containing scattered basalt blocks, larger than 

 are found in (e); (g) a 1 m thick, brown conglomerate with 

 glaciallystriatedbasaltblocks(moraine);(h)a 1 mthickvarve- 

 clay with grey and reddish layers; (i) brown sandstone, 2 m 

 thick; (j) 1-2 m of fine basalt gravel with numerous rhyolite 

 pebbles; (k) a 4 m thick brown sandstone layer; (1) a thin 

 layer, 10-20 cm thick, of greenish-grey clay, possibly mud 

 from the bottom of a lake; (m) 1 m light brown loess with 

 plant remains (leaves), suggesting willows, birch and alder; 

 pollen has not been found; (n) 4 m of brown sandstone; 

 (o) a very thick layer of primary volcanic "palagonite" 

 breccia of reverse magnetization. 



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