A Two-Million-Year-Old Insect Fauna from North Greenland Indicating Boreal Conditions at the Plio-Pleistocene Boundary

• Main Author: Bocher, J.
• Other Authors: COPENHAGEN UNIV (DENMARK)
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1992
• Subjects: Geography; Snow; Ice and Permafrost; Biology; *CLIMATE; *FRESH WATER; *GREENLAND; ARCTIC OCEAN; COMMUNITIES; CONTRAST; FORESTS; FOSSILS; INSECTS; LAYERS; OCEANS; TRANSITIONS; TUNDRA; VISION; WATER; SYMPOSIA; AQUATIC ORGANISMS; Component Reports; *Insect fauna; *Boreal conditions; *Plio-Pleistocene boundary; Organic detritus; Paleobotany; Paleoentomology; Arctic; Arctic Ocean; Fairbanks; Greenland; Peary; Kap; Peary Land; Ice; North Greenland; permafrost; Subarctic; Tundra; Alaska
• Online Access: http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADP007343; http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADP007343

The Kap Kopenhavn Formation in NE Peary Land, Greenland, is assumed to be 2.0-2.5 Ma old, i.e., from the Plio-Pleistocene transition. Layers of organic detritus contain a wealth of well-preserved remains of land and fresh water organisms, almost all extant species. In striking contrast to the presen...