The glacial history of Iceland during the past three million years
Iceland is built up of volcanic rocks with sedimentary interbeds, which have been piled up continuously since Miocene times. In the Pleistocene rock series, sediments of fluvial, lacustrine, marine and glacial origin and soils are very common and frequently thick. A sudden climatic deterioration too...
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crroyalsociety:10.1098/rstb.1988.0027 2024-09-15T18:13:18+00:00 The glacial history of Iceland during the past three million years 1988 http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rstb.1988.0027 https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/pdf/10.1098/rstb.1988.0027 en eng The Royal Society https://royalsociety.org/journals/ethics-policies/data-sharing-mining/ Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. B, Biological Sciences volume 318, issue 1191, page 637-644 ISSN 0080-4622 2054-0280 journal-article 1988 crroyalsociety https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.1988.0027 2024-08-12T04:27:50Z Iceland is built up of volcanic rocks with sedimentary interbeds, which have been piled up continuously since Miocene times. In the Pleistocene rock series, sediments of fluvial, lacustrine, marine and glacial origin and soils are very common and frequently thick. A sudden climatic deterioration took place at about 3 Ma BP. The Pliocene lusitanic marine fauna was replaced by a boreal fauna. Conifers and deciduous forest vanished and the flora became similar to the present one. From 3 to 2 Ma BP, inland ice caps were common during cold spells. From then on ice sheets reaching down to sea level have covered most of the country at least 12 times during glacials. Article in Journal/Newspaper Iceland The Royal Society Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. B, Biological Sciences 318 1191 637 644 |
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Iceland is built up of volcanic rocks with sedimentary interbeds, which have been piled up continuously since Miocene times. In the Pleistocene rock series, sediments of fluvial, lacustrine, marine and glacial origin and soils are very common and frequently thick. A sudden climatic deterioration took place at about 3 Ma BP. The Pliocene lusitanic marine fauna was replaced by a boreal fauna. Conifers and deciduous forest vanished and the flora became similar to the present one. From 3 to 2 Ma BP, inland ice caps were common during cold spells. From then on ice sheets reaching down to sea level have covered most of the country at least 12 times during glacials. |
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