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

• Main Authors: Denk, Thomas (Author), Grimsson, Friðgeir (Author), Zetter, Reinhard (Author), Símonarson, Leifur A. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2011.
• Series: Topics in Geobiology, 35
• Subjects: Life sciences.; Arts.; Geology.; Paleontology.; Geography.; Evolutionary biology.; Climate change.; Life Sciences.; Evolutionary Biology.; Climate Change.; Geography, general.

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...

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 Art Meets Science – The Unpublished Drawings by Carl Hedelin and Therese Ekblom.