Thórarinsson

Thórarinsson
Thórarinsson
 
['θɔu̯rarɪnsɔn], Sigurđur, isländischer Geologe und Geograph, * Vopnafjörđur 8. 1. 1912, ✝ Reykjavík 9. 2. 1983; seit 1968 Professor für Geologie und Geographie in Reykjavík; veröffentlichte vielseitige Studien zum Vulkanismus.
 
Werke: Tefrokronologiska studier på Island (1944); The thousand years struggle against ice and fire (1956); Surtsey (1964; deutsch); The eruption of Hekla in historical times (1967); Hekla (1970); Vötnin striȓ (1974).

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