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Snidabrekka where the layers bend upwards. On the contact with Snida- 

 brekka is found rounded gravel, which in all probability is shore gravel. 



Fig. 4. Section through the Svinafell layers in Snidagil (cf. also PI. IT, 2). 



Figure 4 shows a section through the layers in the Snidagil ravine, where the 

 base of the layers is about 130 m above sea level. For the height measurements 

 the author used a Locke level and an aeroplane altimeter (Kollsman Sensitive 



