Late Cainozoic floras of Iceland : 15 million years of vegetation and climate history in the northern North Atlantic / Thomas Denk ... [and others].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Denk, Thomas.

Louis A. Duhring Fund.

Series:

Topics in geobiology ; v. 35.

Topics in geobiology ; v. 35

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Plants, Fossil--Iceland.

Plants, Fossil.

Paleobotany--Cenozoic.

Paleobotany.

Paleobotany--Iceland.

Phytogeography--Iceland.

Phytogeography.

Phytogeography--North Atlantic Region.

Plants--Migration--North Atlantic Region.

Plants.

Paleoecology--Cenozoic.

Paleoecology.

Paleoecology--Iceland.

Paleoecology--North Atlantic Region.

Plants--Migration.

North Atlantic Region.

Iceland.

Physical Description:

xvi, 854 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Dordrecht ; New York : Springer, [2011]

Contents:

Introduction to the nature and geology of Iceland

A brief review of paleobotanical research in Iceland

Systematic paleobotany

The archaic floras

The classic Surtarbrandur floras

The early late Miocene floras - first evidence of cool temperate and herbaceous taxa

The middle late Miocene floras - a window into the regional vegetation surrounding a large caldera

A lakeland area in the late Miocene

A late Messinian palynoflora with a distinct taphonomy

Pliocene terrestrial and marine biota of the Tjörnes Peninsula : warm climates and biogeographic re-arrangements

The Pleistocene floras (2.4-0.8 Ma) - shaping the modern vegetation of Iceland

The biogeographic history of Iceland - the North Atlantic land bridge revisited

Climate evolution in the northern North Atlantic - 15 Ma to present.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Louis A. Duhring Fund.

ISBN:

9400703716

9789400703711

OCLC:

690089471

Publisher Number:

99946259316