Plio-Pleistocene landscape and vegetation reconstruction of the coastal area of the Tjörnes Peninsula, Northern Iceland

• Published in: Boreas
• Main Authors: Verhoeven, Koen, Louwye, Stephen, Eiríksson, Jón
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2013
• Subjects: Earth and Environmental Sciences; PLIOCENE; MIOCENE; CLIMATE; PLEISTOCENE SEDIMENTS; Tjörnes; Iceland
• Online Access: https://biblio.ugent.be/publication/3028379; http://hdl.handle.net/1854/LU-3028379; https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1502-3885.2012.00279.x; https://biblio.ugent.be/publication/3028379/file/4095087

Marine and continental deposits from the Tjörnes area in northern Iceland were studied to obtain their pollen/spore content. Six Pollen Zones (PZ) were defined in the Early Pliocene Tjörnes beds and the Early Pleistocene Breidavík Group. The pollen is most diverse during the deposition of the lowest...