Iceland - Modern Processes and Past Environments (eBook)

C. Caseldine, J. Hardardottir, O. Knudsen, A. Russell (Herausgeber)

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2005 | 1. Auflage
420 Seiten
Elsevier Science (Verlag)
978-0-08-053439-8 (ISBN)

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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 jökulhlaups and glacial landsystems, soil development, Holocene ecosystem change, current oceanography, impacts of volcanic sulphur loading, chemical weathering and the CO2 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

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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 jokulhlaups and glacial landsystems, soil development, Holocene ecosystem change, current oceanography, impacts of volcanic sulphur loading, chemical weathering and the CO2 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

Inhalt

Front Cover 1
Iceland - Modern Processes and Past Environments 4
Copyright Page 5
Contents 6
Foreword 8
Preface 10
Chapter 1. Iceland – Modern Processes, Past Environments: an introduction 12
Chapter 2. Late Quaternary marine sediment studies of the Icelandic shelf–palaeoceanography, land /ice sheet/ocean interactions and deglaciation: a review 16
Chapter 3. Relative sea level change in Iceland: new aspects of the Weichselian deglaciation of Iceland 36
Chapter 4. Recent developments in oceanographic research in Icelandic waters 90
Chapter 5. The glacier-marginal landsystems of Iceland 104
Chapter 6. Subglacial volcanic activity in Iceland 138
Chapter 7. Icelandic jökulhlaup impacts 164
Chapter 8. Environmental and climatic effects from atmospheric SO2 mass-loading by Icelandic flood lava eruptions 216
Chapter 9. Holocene glacier history 232
Chapter 10. Variations of termini of glaciers in Iceland in recent centuries and their connection with climate 252
Chapter 11. Local knowledge and travellers' tales: a selection of climatic observations in Iceland 268
Chapter 12. Chemical weathering, chemical denudation and the CO2 budget for Iceland 300
Chapter 13. Icelandic soils 320
Chapter 14. The Holocene vegetation history of Iceland, state-of-the-art and future research 330
References 346
Colour Supplement Index 410

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 28.4.2005
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Geologie
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Mineralogie / Paläontologie
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie
• Themenwelt: Technik
• ISBN-10: 0-08-053439-2 / 0080534392
• ISBN-13: 978-0-08-053439-8 / 9780080534398