. Botany of the Faeröes, based upon Danish investigations. Botany -- Faroe islands. 28 it contains or has contained a lake. In the course ot time this lake has doubtless become filled up with fallen débris or matter. The numerous fjords are also rock-basins, as is demonstrated by the faet that they generally have a barrier across their entrance. As previously mentioned, the direction of the striæ varies con- siderably, which is also the case with that of the ice-flow, as the position of the »Stoss- and Leeseiten« of the »roches moutonnées« indicates. As the latter are far more numerous
. Botany of the Faeröes, based upon Danish investigations. Botany -- Faroe islands. 28 it contains or has contained a lake. In the course ot time this lake has doubtless become filled up with fallen débris or matter. The numerous fjords are also rock-basins, as is demonstrated by the faet that they generally have a barrier across their entrance. As previously mentioned, the direction of the striæ varies con- siderably, which is also the case with that of the ice-flow, as the position of the »Stoss- and Leeseiten« of the »roches moutonnées« indicates. As the latter are far more numerous than the striæ, they afford clearer evidence as to the slaciation. It must be noticed. Fis. ">â Sando. A stretch of healh near Sands, showing the roches moutonnées. The blocks of rock white with lichens. (After a photograph by C. H. Ostenfeld). that the direction is from the mountains seawards through the vallej^s â in other words, that the Færoes were covered by a separate ice-sheet, which unlike the mer de glace of Shetland had doubtless no connection with the great Scandinavian ice-sheet. This local Færoese ice naturally forced its way through all the valleys and fjords wdiich were thereby deepened. It must have been a buge mass, as the glaciated contours appear up to a height of some 500 metres but above that level there is no trace of glacial abrasion, it may therefore be assumed that this overlying part was covered by névé of which, however, there are no distinct traces remaining; it must moreover be remembered that the atmospheric erosion would make itself more felt at that height, so that any traces of névé which might have existed would have been obliterated. Post-glacial erosion. As the ice-sheet gradually dissolved,. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble th
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