Cargando…
Late Cainozoic Floras of Iceland 15 Million Years of Vegetation and Climate History in the Northern North Atlantic /
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...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
|---|---|
| Autores principales: | , , , |
| Autor Corporativo: | |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
| Publicado: |
Dordrecht :
Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer,
2011.
|
| Edición: | 1st ed. 2011. |
| Colección: | Topics in Geobiology ;
35 |
| Temas: | |
| Acceso en línea: | Texto Completo |
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 Art Meets Science - The Unpublished Drawings by Carl Hedelin and Therese Ekblom.