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

by Thomas Denk, Reinhard Zetter, Friðgeir Grimsson, et al.

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 million years. Eleven sedimentary rock formations containing over 320 plant taxa are described. For each flora, palaeoecology and floristic affinities within...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9400703716
• ISBN13: 9789400703711
• Release Date: April 2011
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 854 Pages
• Weight: 3.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 6.5" x 9.4"