Pacific - Atlantic Mollusc Migration: Pliocene Inter-Ocean Gateway Archives on Tj?rnes, North Iceland [Paperback]

This volume sheds new light on the marine fauna and geological setting of the Tjornes Sequence, North Iceland, which is a classic site for the Pliocene and Pleistocene stratigraphy of the North Atlantic region. Readers will discover descriptions of new data collected by the editors over a period of over three decades on marine faunal assemblages and sedimentology available for palaeoenvironmental reconstructions, as well as the tectonic and stratigraphical relationships on Tjornes Peninsula.

The book includes a comprehensive account of all the collections of marine fossil invertebrate macrofossils and foraminifera known to the editors from the Tjornes Sequence. It is expected to elucidate sedimentological and faunal changes from relatively stable Pliocene conditions to highly variable and periodically harsh climatic conditions of recurring Quaternary glaciations. The distribution, recent or fossil, of various species is recorded and pertinent ecological and biological features are also discussed. The Tj?rnes Sequence records the Neogene migration of Pacific species into the North Atlantic. Researchers in geology, climate science, environmental science and earth science will find this book particularly valuable.

Chapter1. A Brief Resum? of the Geology of Iceland.-  Chapter2. The Marine Realm Around Iceland - a Review of Biological Research.- Chapter3. The Evolution of the Tj?rnes Sedimentary Basin in Relation to the Tj?rnes Fracture Zone and the Geological Structure of Iceland.- Chapter4. A Review of the Research History of the Tj?rnes Sequence, North Iceland.- Chapter5. Lithostratigraphy of the Tj?rnes Sequence in Barmur and H?skuldsv?k on the West Coast of Tj?rnes, North Iceland.- Chapter6. An Age Model for the Miocene to Pleistocene Tj?rnes Sequence, North Iceland.- Chapter7. Systematic Overview of the Pliocene Molluscs and Barnacles of the Barl#G