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Landslides and related phenomena on Suduroy, the Faeroe Islands

Author(s) -

Gunni Jørgensen

Publication year - 1978

Publication title -

bulletin of the geological society of denmark

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.674

H-Index - 28

eISSN - 2245-7070

pISSN - 0011-6297

DOI - 10.37570/bgsd-1978-si-10

Subject(s) - landslide , geology , fault scarp , tectonics , geomorphology , seismology

The formation of landslides on Suduroy, the Faeroe Islands, is greatly favoured by the geological setting and the tectonic pattern of the island. Some landslides involve lavas, the coal-bearing sequence and the luff-agglomerate zone, which served as lubricating agents for the slipped masses. The biggest landslides occur along scarps with the direction NW-SE and are believed to have a relation to the lamellar zones which are characterized by closely spaced fissures. The NW-SE trend is the main tectonic direction on Suduroy.

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