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100 1 _aDenk, Thomas.
_eauthor.
245 1 0 _aLate Cainozoic Floras of Iceland
_h[electronic resource] :
_b15 Million Years of Vegetation and Climate History in the Northern North Atlantic /
_cby Thomas Denk, Friðgeir Grimsson, Reinhard Zetter, Leifur A. Símonarson.
264 1 _aDordrecht :
_bSpringer Netherlands :
_bImprint: Springer,
_c2011.
300 _aXVI, 854p. 410 illus., 54 illus. in color.
_bonline resource.
336 _atext
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490 1 _aTopics in Geobiology,
_x0275-0120 ;
_v35
505 0 _a1.  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 Art Meets Science – The Unpublished Drawings by Carl Hedelin and Therese Ekblom.
520 _aBeing 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 million years. Eleven sedimentary rock formations containing over 320 plant taxa are described. For each flora, palaeoecology and floristic affinities within the Northern Hemisphere are established. The exceptional fossil record allows a deeper understanding of the role of the “North Atlantic Land Bridge” for intercontinental plant migration and of the Gulf Stream-North Atlantic Current system for regional climatic evolution. ’Iceland sits as a “fossil trap” on one of the most interesting biogeographic exchange routes on the planet - the North Atlantic. The fossil floras of Iceland document both local vegetational response to global climate change, and more importantly, help to document the nature of biotic migration across the North Atlantic in the last 15 million years. In this state-of-the-art volume, the authors place sequential floras in their paleogeographic, paleoclimatic and geologic context, and extract a detailed history of biotic response to the dynamics of physical change.’ Bruce H. Tiffney, University of California, Santa Barbara   ’This beautifully-illustrated monograph of the macro- and microfloras from the late Cenozoic of Iceland is a worthy successor to Oswald Heer’s “Flora fossilis arctica”. Its broad scope makes it a must for all scientists interested in climatic change and palaeobiogeography in the North Atlantic region. It will remain a classic for years to come.’ David K. Ferguson, University of Vienna
650 0 _aLife sciences.
650 0 _aGeology.
650 0 _aPaleontology.
650 0 _aGeography.
650 0 _aEvolution (Biology).
650 0 _aClimatic changes.
650 0 _aArts.
650 1 4 _aLife Sciences.
650 2 4 _aEvolutionary Biology.
650 2 4 _aPaleontology.
650 2 4 _aGeology.
650 2 4 _aClimate Change.
650 2 4 _aGeography (general).
650 2 4 _aArts.
700 1 _aGrimsson, Friðgeir.
_eauthor.
700 1 _aZetter, Reinhard.
_eauthor.
700 1 _aSímonarson, Leifur A.
_eauthor.
710 2 _aSpringerLink (Online service)
773 0 _tSpringer eBooks
776 0 8 _iPrinted edition:
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830 0 _aTopics in Geobiology,
_x0275-0120 ;
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856 4 0 _uhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-0372-8
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