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X. Thi:- stiandtlat ol' northern Norway 129 



Helgeland " roq 



Træna 110 



Relation between the differences in the surface topography of the submerged 



plateaus and differences in the nature of their rocks 147 



Coast of northern Helgeland and the east coast of West Fjord 152 



Lofoten and Vesterålen 1^6 



Senjen to Ringvasøi 163 



Finmarken 163 



XI. The strandfiat of Bear Island 16^ 



XII. The strandfiat of Spitsbergen 178 



Literature i-j8 



Relation between the development of the strandtLit and the geological struc- 

 ture of the land 185 



Prince Charles Foreland 1 85 



West coast of Spitsbergen south of Ice Fjord 192 



Cape Guissez in Cross Bay 193 



Cape Mitre Peninsula and the north-western part of Spitsbergen 193 



Reindeer Land 106 



The peninsula between Liefde Bay and Wijde Bav 197 



East coast of Wijde Bay, and Verleegen Hook .... 200 



North-west coast of North East Land 203 



The fjords 203 



The age and genesis of the strandflat of Spitsbergen 204 



Raised shore-lines 207 



Platforms at high levels 208 



XIII. The strandflat along the coast inside and outside the arctic regions 211 



The coasts of Siberia, Greenland, and Alaska 211 



Shetland Islands 214 



XI\'. The levels of the strandflat and their development 217 



Summary of the results of our investigations of the strandflat 217 



The emerged strandflat 217 



The submerged strandflat of Norway 218 



The three levels of the strandflat 219 



Causes of the changes in the level of the strandflat 220 



The nature of the rocks and the topography of the strandflat and the conti- 

 nental shelf 225 



X\'. The continental shelf and its formation 227 



Fluctuations in sea-level caused by the formation of ice-caps 229 



The thickness of the ice-caps 230 



Shifts of sea-level and shore-line caused by changes in the volume of the 



Ocean 233 



The lowering of sea-level during the glacial periods and the surface of the 



continental shelf 237 



The deposition of sediment has gradually raised the general sea-level 239 



XVI. The strandflat and the late-glacial and postglacial submergence of Fenno-Scandia 245 



The late-glacial and postglacial upheaval of Sogne Fjord 246 



The late-glacial and postglacial upheaval in the region of Nord Fjord 248 



Gradient of the late-glacial and postglacial uphea\al of the west and north 



coast of Fenno-Scandia 25 1 



Relation between the inclinations of the two conspicuous raised shore-lines 



of Northern Norwav and the Kola Peninsula 2^6 



