Late-Holocene sea-level changes in south and southwest Iceland reconstructed from littoral molluscan stratigraphy

Sediments deposited during late-Holocene rise in sea level have been found in the Stokkseyri Eyrarbakki (Flói) area of south Iceland. At Stokkseyri, marine littoral sediments containing a thermophilic intertidal faunal assemblage, mainly consisting of gastropods, bivalves and barnacles with a few po...

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Published in:The Holocene
Main Authors: Símonarson, Leifur A., Leifsdóttir, Ólöf E.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publications 2002
Subjects:
Eyrarbakki
Reykjanes
Stokkseyri
Iceland
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1191/0959683602hl530rp
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1191/0959683602hl530rp

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