What does móberg in Icelandic mean?

What is the meaning of the word móberg in Icelandic? The article explains the full meaning, pronunciation along with bilingual examples and instructions on how to use móberg in Icelandic.

The word móberg in Icelandic means tuff, tuff. To learn more, please see the details below.

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Meaning of the word móberg

tuff

noun

tuff

adjective noun (volcanic rock)

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Sem dæmi um þetta skulum við taka steingerving grafinn í djúpt gjóskulag sem ummyndast hefur í móberg.
An illustration of this is when fossils have been buried in a thick fall of volcanic ash that has later been consolidated to form a tuff.
Við 100°C og þar fyrir ofan hefur Surtseyjargjóskan ummyndast í móberg á u.þ.b. einu ári eða jafnvel nokkrum mánuðum.
At a temperature of 100°C and above, the Surtsey tephra has consolidated into palagonite tuff in approximately one year or even only a few months.
Berggrunnurinn í Fjaðrárgljúfri er að mestu móberg frá kuldaskeiðum ísaldar og telst um tveggja milljóna ára gamalt.
The bedrock in Fjaðrárgljúfur is mostly palagonite from cold periods of the Ice Age and is thought to be about two million years old.

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