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The Faroe Islands lies on the Eurasian plate between the United Kingdom, Norway and Iceland. The Islands are of volcanic origin[1] and are constructed of three layers of basalt where the top and bottom layers resemble each other much. The age of the islands are considered to be between 54 and 58 million years old, where the oldest material is at the bottom [2].
[edit] References
- ^ The faroese post office
- ^ Faroese Faculty of Science (in faroese)
[edit] Further reading
- Jørgensen, Gunni, and Jóannes Rasmussen. Geologisk Kort Over Færøerne Isbevægelser På Færøerne = Geological Map of the Faeoroe Islands, 1:122 000 : Ice Movements in the Faeroe Islands = Ísgongdin Í Føroyum. DGU series C, no. 7. København: Danmarks Geologiske Undersøgelse, 1988. ISBN 8788640094
- Peacock, Martin A. Recent Lines of Fracture in the Færoes in Relation to the Theories of Fiord Formation in Northern Basaltic Plateaux. Glasgow: Jackson, Wylie, 1928.
- Rasmussen, Jóannes, and Arne Noe-Nygaard. Geology of the Faeroe Islands (Pre-Quaternary). København: C.A. Reitzels Forlag, 1970. ISBN 8742106095
