Pacific - Atlantic Mollusc Migration
Pliocene Inter-Ocean Gateway Archives on Tjörnes, North Iceland
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Beschreibung
This volume sheds new light on the marine fauna and geological setting of the Tjörnes Sequence, North Iceland, which is a classic site for the Pliocene and Pleistocene stratigraphy of the North Atlantic region. Readers will discover descriptions of new data collected by the editors over a period of over three decades on marine faunal assemblages and sedimentology available for palaeoenvironmental reconstructions, as well as the tectonic and stratigraphical relationships on Tjörnes Peninsula.
The book includes a comprehensive account of all the collections of marine fossil invertebrate macrofossils and foraminifera known to the editors from the Tjörnes Sequence. It is expected to elucidate sedimentological and faunal changes from relatively stable Pliocene conditions to highly variable and periodically harsh climatic conditions of recurring Quaternary glaciations. The distribution, recent or fossil, of various species is recorded and pertinent ecological and biological features are also discussed. The Tjörnes Sequence records the Neogene migration of Pacific species into the North Atlantic. Researchers in geology, climate science, environmental science and earth science will find this book particularly valuable.Enriches understanding of the Tjörnes stratigraphic section in northern Iceland Passes on knowledge of collections of fossils from the Tjörnes sequence, 26 of which have never been recorded before Maximizes reader insights into the migration of pacific marine fauna into the North Atlantic across the Arctic Ocean in Pliocene Time
Autor*in
Jón Eiríksson
Themen in »Pacific - Atlantic Mollusc Migration«
Tjörnes Sequence fossiliferous marine and terrestrial sediments palaeoenvironmental reconstruction marine molluscs and barnacles geology of Iceland Breiðavík Group pliocene Tjörnes Basin quarternary Tjörnes Basin paleobiogeography paleoceanographic reconstructions fossil record climate history climate change impacts marine and freshwater sciences Model invertebrates