Lateglacial sediments and marine fauna at Saurbær in Kjalarnes

The stratigraphy and the fauna at Saurbær, Kjalarnes, were studied to understand the environmental changes that took place in the area during Lateglacial. A stratigraphic log was drawn and every sedimentary facies described and interpreted. Samples from the three fossiliferous beds were sieved to is...

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Main Author: Piazza, Veronica, 1991-
Other Authors: Háskóli Íslands
Format: Thesis
Language:English
Published: 2013
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1946/15302
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spelling ftskemman:oai:skemman.is:1946/15302 2023-05-15T15:18:21+02:00 Lateglacial sediments and marine fauna at Saurbær in Kjalarnes Setlög og skeldýrafána frá Síðjökultíma við Saurbæ á Kjalarnesi Piazza, Veronica, 1991- Háskóli Íslands 2013-05 application/pdf http://hdl.handle.net/1946/15302 en eng http://hdl.handle.net/1946/15302 Jarðfræði Thesis Bachelor's 2013 ftskemman 2022-12-11T06:57:19Z The stratigraphy and the fauna at Saurbær, Kjalarnes, were studied to understand the environmental changes that took place in the area during Lateglacial. A stratigraphic log was drawn and every sedimentary facies described and interpreted. Samples from the three fossiliferous beds were sieved to isolate the fossils. From the section it is deduced that regression occured in the area, causing an evolution from glacimarine environment to littoral environment, where marine and glacifluvial depositions alternated. The shells indicate a deposition in a mid-Boreal to high-Arctic climate at shallow depth, close to the shore. The temperature inferred from the size of Hiatella rugosa is around -1°C – 12°C, cooling slightly down further up in the section. The age of the shells is not known, but they are thought to be from Bølling. Fossil shells were in fact found in similar sediments in other areas in Kjalarnes from that period and the regression episode at Saurbær fits with the Bølling regression in West Iceland. No glacier advance is thought to have occurred in the area during the Younger Dryas chronozone. Jarðlagaskipan og fána við Saurbæ á Kjalarnesi voru rannsakaðar til að athuga hvers konar umhverfisbreytingar áttu sér stað á svæðinu á Síðjökultíma. Snið var teiknað, hverri ásýnd var lýst og hún túlkuð. Sýni voru tekin úr þremur lögum sem innihéldu steingervinga og sigtuð til að skilja þá að. Út frá sniði má túlka að afflæði hafi átt sér stað sem olli breytingu frá jökulsjávarumhverfi til strandumhverfis, þar sem strandsetmyndun og jökulársetmyndun skiptast á. Setmyndunin gefur til kynna að hún hafi átt sér stað í mið-Bóreal/há-Artísktu loftslagi á litlu dýpi, ekki langt frá ströndu. Ályktanir um sjávarhitastig voru dregnar út frá stærð Hiatella rugosa (rataskel) og var það á bilinu -1°C – 12°C og fór smákólnandi því ofar sem farið var í sniðinu. Aldur skeljanna er ekki þekktur en gert er ráð fyrir að þær séu frá Bølling. Steingervingar skelja hafa fundist í svipuðu seti á öðrum svæðum á Kjalarnesi frá sama skeiði ... Thesis Arctic glacier Iceland Skemman (Iceland) Arctic Rugosa ENVELOPE(-61.250,-61.250,-62.633,-62.633) Olli ENVELOPE(23.683,23.683,67.950,67.950) Skeiði ENVELOPE(-23.983,-23.983,65.783,65.783) Saurbær ENVELOPE(-20.800,-20.800,63.850,63.850) Kjalarnes ENVELOPE(-21.917,-21.917,64.233,64.233)
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Lateglacial sediments and marine fauna at Saurbær in Kjalarnes
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description The stratigraphy and the fauna at Saurbær, Kjalarnes, were studied to understand the environmental changes that took place in the area during Lateglacial. A stratigraphic log was drawn and every sedimentary facies described and interpreted. Samples from the three fossiliferous beds were sieved to isolate the fossils. From the section it is deduced that regression occured in the area, causing an evolution from glacimarine environment to littoral environment, where marine and glacifluvial depositions alternated. The shells indicate a deposition in a mid-Boreal to high-Arctic climate at shallow depth, close to the shore. The temperature inferred from the size of Hiatella rugosa is around -1°C – 12°C, cooling slightly down further up in the section. The age of the shells is not known, but they are thought to be from Bølling. Fossil shells were in fact found in similar sediments in other areas in Kjalarnes from that period and the regression episode at Saurbær fits with the Bølling regression in West Iceland. No glacier advance is thought to have occurred in the area during the Younger Dryas chronozone. Jarðlagaskipan og fána við Saurbæ á Kjalarnesi voru rannsakaðar til að athuga hvers konar umhverfisbreytingar áttu sér stað á svæðinu á Síðjökultíma. Snið var teiknað, hverri ásýnd var lýst og hún túlkuð. Sýni voru tekin úr þremur lögum sem innihéldu steingervinga og sigtuð til að skilja þá að. Út frá sniði má túlka að afflæði hafi átt sér stað sem olli breytingu frá jökulsjávarumhverfi til strandumhverfis, þar sem strandsetmyndun og jökulársetmyndun skiptast á. Setmyndunin gefur til kynna að hún hafi átt sér stað í mið-Bóreal/há-Artísktu loftslagi á litlu dýpi, ekki langt frá ströndu. Ályktanir um sjávarhitastig voru dregnar út frá stærð Hiatella rugosa (rataskel) og var það á bilinu -1°C – 12°C og fór smákólnandi því ofar sem farið var í sniðinu. Aldur skeljanna er ekki þekktur en gert er ráð fyrir að þær séu frá Bølling. Steingervingar skelja hafa fundist í svipuðu seti á öðrum svæðum á Kjalarnesi frá sama skeiði ...
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title Lateglacial sediments and marine fauna at Saurbær in Kjalarnes
title_short Lateglacial sediments and marine fauna at Saurbær in Kjalarnes
title_full Lateglacial sediments and marine fauna at Saurbær in Kjalarnes
title_fullStr Lateglacial sediments and marine fauna at Saurbær in Kjalarnes
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