Pacific - Atlantic Mollusc Migration

Pliocene Inter-Ocean Gateway Archives on Tjörnes, North Iceland, Topics in Geobiology 52

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Bibliografische Daten
ISBN/EAN: 9783030596620
Sprache: Englisch
Umfang: x, 882 S., 43 s/w Illustr., 205 farbige Illustr.,
Auflage: 1. Auflage 2021
Einband: gebundenes Buch

Beschreibung

This volume sheds new light on the marine fauna and geological setting of the Tjo¨rnes 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 Tjo¨rnes Peninsula. The book includes a comprehensive account of all the collections of marine fossil invertebrate macrofossils and foraminifera known to the editors from the Tjo¨rnes 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.

Autorenportrait

Dr. Jón Eiri´ksson is Research Professor Emeritus at the Institute of Earth Sciences, University of Iceland. The focus of his research has been the paleooceanography of the Seas north of Iceland, sedimentology and lithostratigraphy, and the geology of Iceland. Dr. Leifur A. Si´monarson is Professor Emeritus at the Institute of Earth Sciences, University of Iceland. The focus of his research has been on the Cainozoic marine invertebrate fauna of Iceland and Greenland, and migration patterns and evolution of selected molluscan groups in the Northern Hemisphere.