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Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Texte noté : électronique
Titre(s) : Iceland [Texte électronique] : modern processes and past environments / [edited] by C. Caseldine ... [et al.]
Édition : 1st ed.
Publication : Amsterdam ; Boston : Elsevier, 2005
Description matérielle : 1 online resource (1 texte électronique (x, 397 p.))
Collection : Developments in Quaternary science ; 5
Note(s) : Titre de l'écran-titre (visionné le 25 septembre 2012). - Bibliogr
Iceland provides an unique stage on which to study the natural environment, both past
and present, and it is understanding both aspects of reconstructing the past and observing
and interpreting the present that form the focus of the contributions to this volume.
The papers are all written by active researchers and incorporate both reviews and
new data. Although concentrating largely on the recent Quaternary timescale a wide
range of topics is explored including subglacial volcanism, onshore and offshore evidence
for the Last Glacial Maximum and subsequent deglaciation, current glacial characteristics
including j̲kulhlaups and glacial landsystems, soil development, Holocene ecosystem
change, current oceanography, impacts of volcanic sulphur loading, chemical weathering
and the CO<INF>2</INF> budget and documentary evidence for historical climate. The
key element of the volume is that for the first time it provides a wide overview of
a range of topics for which Iceland provides an almost unparalleled laboratory emphasizing
the importance of research on this small island for studies over a much broader global
scale. These reviews point the way to future research directions and are supplemented
by extensive illustrations and a comprehensive bibliography. * Wide range of related
topics covered both from a present day and quaternary perspective * Reviews from scientists
active in each research area across a range of subjects providing both overviews and
new data supplemented by an extensive bibliography * Extensive illustrations and examples
from the field
Autre(s) auteur(s) : Caseldine, Chris (1951-....). Fonction indéterminée
Sujet(s) : Paléoécologie -- Holocène
Holocène
Géodynamique -- Islande
Géomorphologie -- Islande
Indice(s) Dewey :
551.793 (23e éd.) = Holocène ; 554.912 (23e éd.) = Sciences de la Terre - Islande
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9780444506528
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb446462377
Notice n° :
FRBNF44646237
(notice reprise d'un réservoir extérieur)
Table des matières : 1. Iceland. modern processes, past environments: an introduction. ; 2. Late Quaternary
marine sediment studies of the Icelandic shelf-palaeoceanography, land/ice sheet/ocean
interactions and deglaciation: a review. ; 3. Relative sea level change in Iceland:
new aspects of the Weichselian deglaciation of Iceland. ; 4. Recent developments
in oceanographic research in Icelandic waters. ; 5. The glacier-marginal landsystems
of Iceland. ; 6. Subglacial volcanic activity in Iceland. ; 7. Icelandic j̲kulhlaup
impacts. ; 8. Environmental and climatic effects from atmospheric SO<INF>2</INF>
mass-loading ; by Icelandic flood lava eruptions. ; 9. Holocene glacier history.
; 10. Variations of termini of glaciers in Iceland in recent centuries and their
connection with climate. ; 11. Local knowledge and travellers' tales: a selection
of climatic observations ; in Iceland. ; 12. Chemical weathering, chemical denudation
and the CO<INF>2</INF> budget for ; Iceland. ; 13. Icelandi
Late Quaternary marine sediment studies of the Icelandic shelf ; palaeoceanography,
land/ice sheet/ocean interactions and deglaciation : a review / John T. Andrews ;
Relative sea level change in Iceland : new aspects of the Weichselian deglaciation
of Iceland / Hreggviður Norðdahl and Halldór Pétursson ; Recent developments in oceanographic
research in Icelandic waters / Steingrímur Jónsson and Héðinn Valdimarsson ; The
glacier-marginal land systems of Iceland / David J.A. Evans ; Subglacial volcanic
activity in Iceland / Magnús T. Guðmundsson ; Icelandic jökulhlaup impacts / Andrew
J. Russell ... [et al.] ; Environmental and climatic effects from atmospheric SO₂
mass-loading by Icelandic flood lava eruptions / Þorvaldur Þórðarson ; Holocene glacier
history / Maria Wastl and Johann Stötter ; Variations of termini of glaciers in Iceland
in recent centuries and their connection with climate / Oddur Sigurðsson ; Local
knowledge and travellers' tales : a selectio
