Lightning and special peat bog phenomena on Andøya, northern Norway

Auteur :
MØLLER, J.J.

Description :
In 1982 a 5 m2 slab of peat, 25 cm thick, was discovered on a peat bog on the island of Andøya. Then, investigations on Andøya have provided information on 6 quite similar phenomena with slab weights varying between 100 kg and 4 tons. Outside Andøya, 5 similar phenomena have been recorded in Norway, and pieces of earth displaced from their original locations have been reported in Britain, Germany and the United States. Lightning is hypothesized to have caused these phenomena.


Type de document :
Article de périodique

Source :
Norsk geografisk tidsskrift, issn : 0029-1951, 2005, vol. 59, n°. 4, p. 291-295, nombre de pages : 5, Collation : Illustration, Références bibliographiques : 13 ref.

Date :
2005

Editeur :
Pays édition : Norvege, Oslo, Norske geografiske selskab ; Universitetsforlaget