CONTENTS. 



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I. Introduction r 



II. Théories ot the .ü;enetic oris^in of the strandfiat 4 



III. 1 he effect of the suhat'i'ial denvidation in the coastal zone 16 



IV. (ilacial erosion 20 



The erosion of the glacier.s of the inland ice 20 



The erosion of local glaciers 25 



\' . Marine denudation. .Shore erosion by frost 28 



VI. The development of the Norwegian strandflat _)3 



When was the Norwegian strandflat developed 46 



The height of the Norwegian strandflat 49 



The partial absence of a strandflat along some ]jarts of tlu- Norwegian coast 49 



Summary 52 



\'II. rile strandflat of the Norwegian west coast from the region of Sogne Fjord to 



the region of Hardanger Fjord 55 



The strandflat of Sogne Fjord 57 



The genetic origin of the strandflat in Sogne Fjord 66 



The strandflat north and south of the mouth of Sogne Fjord 69 



The region of Lindås Peninsula 71 



The region of Radoi 73 



Region of Bergen 79 



Region of Sotra 8 r 



Islands between Kors Fjord and Hardanger Fjord 83 



Hardanger Fjord and Bommel Fjord 84 



VIII. The strandflat of the southwestern and southern coast of Norway 91 



The region of Karmoi gi 



The Stavanger region 93 



Relation between the geological structure of the coast and the occurrence of 



the strandflat 98 



Jæderen 100 



The high, steep coast between jæderen and Lister 102 



From Lister to the Naze (Lindesnes) 104 



The southern and south-eastern coast of Norway 105 



The inner end of Christiania Fjord E07 



IX. The strandflat along the coast from .Sogne Fjord to Vikten 113 



The region of Sondtjord, Nordtjord, and Stat 113 



The region of Ålesund 113 



The region of Smolen, Hitteren, and Froia 120 



From Trondhjem Fjord to Vikten 126 



