Late Cainozoic Floras of Iceland 15 Million Years of Vegetation and Climate History in the Northern North Atlantic

Late Cainozoic Floras of Iceland 15 Million Years of Vegetation and Climate History in the Northern North Atlantic / by Thomas Denk, Friðgeir Grimsson, Reinhard Zetter, Leifur A. Símonarson.

Being the only place in the northern North Atlantic yielding late Cainozoic terrestrial sediments rich in plant fossils, Iceland provides a unique archive for vegetation and climate development in this region. This book includes the complete plant fossil record from Iceland spanning the past 15 mill...

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Main Authors: Denk, Thomas (Author), Grimsson, Friðgeir (Author), Zetter, Reinhard (Author), Símonarson, Leifur A. (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2011.
Edition:1st ed. 2011.
Series:Topics in Geobiology, 35
Springer eBook Collection.
Subjects:
Evolutionary biology.
Paleontology .
Geology.
Climate change.
Geography.
Arts.
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Table of Contents:
  • 1.  Introduction to the Nature and Geology of Iceland
  • 2.  A brief Review of Palaeontological Research in Iceland
  • 3. Systematic Paleobotany
  • 4. The Archaic Floras (15 Ma)
  • 5. The Classic Surtarbrandur Floras (12 Ma)
  • 6. The early Late Miocene Floras (10 Ma) – First Evidence of Cool Temperate and Herbaceous Taxa
  • 7. The middle Late Miocene Floras (9-8 Ma) – A Window into the Regional Vegetation Surrounding a Large Caldera
  • 8. A Lakeland Area in the Late Miocene (7-6 Ma)
  • 9. A late Messinian Palynoflora with a distinct Taphonomy
  • 10. Pliocene Terrestrial and Marine Biota of the Tjörnes Peninsula – Warm Climates and Biogeographic Re-arrangements
  • 11. The Pleistocene Floras (2.4 – 0.8 Ma) – Shaping the Modern Vegetation of Iceland
  • 12. The Biogeographic History of Iceland
  • 13. Climate evolution in the northern North Atlantic – 15 Ma to present
  • 14. Art Meets Science – The Unpublished Drawings by Carl Hedelin and Therese Ekblom.

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