Fjaðrárgljúfur Canyon, Iceland - a photo on Flickriver

            Fjaðrárgljúfur is a rugged and impressive gorge, fairly wide, about 100 m deep and 2 km long. The gorge runs through hyaloclastite (soft granular rock) with lave layers and intrusions, the entire formation dating from the Ice age 2 million years ago. 
Formation: When the ice cap retreated during the last glacial period, a deep lake was formed in a valley above the present gorge, the water being retained behind a threshold of rock, with overflow water running down the slope now cut by the gorge. As rivers freed by the edge of the ice cap deposited a lot of sediment in the lake, the spill-water eroded the rock threshold and the hyaloclastite in from of it. The result was a powerful watercourse that cut the gorge we see today. Eventually it dwindled as the lake filled up and the river cut its way lower and lower into the sediment in the valley.
(Cited from an information sign at the canyon) 

   

Taken on: April 29, 2021

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