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

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Denk, Thomas. (Autor), Grimsson, Friðgeir. (Autor), Zetter, Reinhard. (Autor), Símonarson, Leifur A. (Autor)
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Formato: eBook
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2011.
Edición:1st ed. 2011.
Colección:Topics in Geobiology, 35
Materias:
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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 Art Meets Science – The Unpublished Drawings by Carl Hedelin and Therese Ekblom.