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

Bibliographic Details
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
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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 Art Meets Science - The Unpublished Drawings by Carl Hedelin and Therese Ekblom.