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lias taken plaoe slaoe tHe eM of ti:u» Pleistoeeno epooiic 

 and th« belt is »axk«4 1»ar activu vuleanian and treau^^nt 

 eartnqttalces, iie«eMln<$ tJ^e ooaat frcm the south, it con- 

 tinues nortJSwsrd Into the sea, and oeoeslonelly subasiorlne 

 ToXoanic eruptions shake the coastal regior«(24,p;229}« 



North of Grimsey ^l^k th© gye-vel-corered ^*aflr 

 h&sik and Qrores Bank, as well as «he Isl&nd of Grlasey, 

 may be recent volonnie aooueauliiitlons. They are olose 

 enough to the stte«rard extension ox x>j&& heXt of suhsid- 

 eeoe to he in ^he ssone of sifirglaal faulting and atten- 

 dant vuXoaniam. In 186a ToXoanio activity vmu TBT'.artB^ 

 at the ialend of Maafcreyjar, north of the Tjornes p©nia- 

 sole. (22,p. 511). 



Sussfi desorihss this belt of suhsidenoe es 



follows (21,p«265): 



" Its western edge is continued from the . 

 north ^lont: the western border of the Sk&l* 

 fandi fjord, end thenoe for h distance of 

 150 kilometers towards the south as a steep 

 basaltie cliff rising $00-600 meters above 

 the bottoiE of the troufth, ?he eestem edge 

 runs along the base of the peninsula of 

 Ijinganes. Sk&l fandi fjord, Husavik, Tj Ernes, 

 Aaar fjord, snd Thisttl fjord lie within 

 the subsidence. In this regioB earthquakes 

 ere of frequent occurrence* The downthrowa 

 bend in traversed, •• .by numerous fissures 

 which strike north and south, parallel to 

 the mergins of the fault trough. They sepa* 

 rate lofty horsts from deep fault trou^^iis; 

 hot springs and volcanoes sccomp^ny their 

 oourse like besds on a thread jgreet leva 

 floods h»ve proceeded from them,** 



