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ISSN: 1873-6424

In: Environmental Pollution. - 268, Part A(2021), Art. 115750

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Format: 1 Online-Ressource (xvi, 378 Seiten)

ISBN: 9781118561331

Content: Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- List of Contributors -- Introduction -- Section I Remote Origins -- Chapter 1 The Opening of the North Atlantic -- Plate Tectonic Résumé -- Magnetic Anomalies -- Mantle Plumes -- The Iceland Plume -- Early Palaeocene Before the North Atlantic Opening -- The Geographical Pattern of Break-Up -- Micro-continent Formation -- Magmatism Heralding the Birth of the New Ocean -- Flood Basalt Eruptions -- Seaward Dipping Reflectors -- Ash Beds of Western and Central Europe -- The Palaeocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum -- Iceland -- Evidence for Plume Pulsing -- Continental Uplift after Ocean Formation -- Summary -- Acknowledgements -- References -- Chapter 2 Cenozoic Vegetation and Phytogeography of the Sub-arctic North Atlantic -- Introduction -- Paleogene Floras and Vegetation -- Greenland -- Faroe Islands -- Island of Mull -- Neogene Floras and Vegetation -- Iceland -- Biogeographic Implications -- Paleogene Links -- Neogene Links -- Conclusion and Future Research -- The 'Arcto-Tertiary element' Hypothesis -- The North Atlantic Land Bridge -- References -- Chapter 3 Interglacial Biotas from the North Atlantic Islands -- Introduction -- The Faroe Islands -- Iceland -- The Brekkukambur Formation -- The Víðidalur Formation -- The Búlandshöfði Formation -- The Svínafellsfjall Formation -- Succession at Elliðaárvogur Near Reykjavík -- Late Glacial and Early Holocene -- Greenland -- The Kap København Formation -- The Île de France Formation -- The Store Koldewey Formation -- Other Possible Early Quaternary Occurrences -- Early Weichselian Interstadial Deposits -- The Last Glacial Maximum in Greenland -- Chronology of the Last Deglaciation -- Late Glacial and Early to Mid-Holocene Flora and Fauna -- Discussion and Conclusions -- References -- Section II Origins of the Present Biota.

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Additional Edition: ISBN 9781118561478

Additional Edition: Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Biogeography in the Sub-Arctic Hoboken, NJ : Wiley, 2021 ISBN 9781118561478

Language: English

Subjects: Geography

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Format: 1 online resource (336 p.) : , Extensively illustrated with maps and photographs

ISBN: 9781474467995

Content: GBS_insertPreviewButtonPopup('ISBN:9780748617364);This book charts the environmental transformation of Scotland from the end of the ice age in an empty land 10,000 years ago to the Viking invasions of an established society 9,000 years later. When the icefields and glaciers disappeared forests covered the land and sea level rose to create the Hebridean islands. Elk, aurochs, bear, boar, red deer, beaver and horse crossed the land bridge from Europe to colonise the land, first followed by hunter gatherers and later by waves of Celts, Romans, Scots, and Normans, each marking the landscape in distinctive ways. This book brings together environmental, ecological, historical, geological, and archaeological approaches to show how changing climatic conditions and this sequence of cultural impacts shaped the succession of Scottish landscapes which have led to its present unique, beautiful, fleeting forms and variety.The seventeen authors are scholars from a range of fields, all writing for students and general readers. The first six chapters consider interactions of human ecology, climate, landscape, soils, vegetation and faunal change. The next seven are a chronological narrative history of Scotland's environment over 9,000 years. The final chapter unites these systematic and historical approaches.The book is extensively illustrated with maps and photographs. The paperback edition includes a new and extensive guide to further reading."

Note: Frontmatter -- , Contents -- , List of Figures -- , List of Plates -- , List of Tables -- , List of Authors -- , Preface -- , 1 Environment and People in Prehistoric and Early Historical Times: Preliminary Considerations -- , 2 Climate Change -- , 3 Geomorphology and Landscape Change -- , 4 Soils and Their Evolution -- , 5 Vegetation Change -- , 6 Faunal Change -- , 7 The Mesolithic -- , 8 The Neolithic -- , 9 The Bronze Age -- , 10 The Iron Age -- , 11 The Roman Presence: Brief Interludes -- , 12 The Early Historic Period: An Archaeological Perspective -- , 13 The Early Norse Period -- , 14 Environment and Archaeology in Scotland: Some Observations -- , References -- , A Guide to the Literature since 1996 -- , Index , In English.

Language: English

DOI: 10.1515/9781474467995

URL: https://doi.org/10.1515/9781474467995

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URL: https://doi.org/10.1515/9781474467995

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