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Edited By
C. Caseldine, Department of Geography, University of Exeter, UK
A. Russell, School of Earth Sciences and Geography, Politics and Sociology, University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, UK
J. Hardardóttir, Orkustofnun Hydrological Services, Reykjavik, Iceland
O. Knudsen, Jardfraedistofan ehf., Reykjavik, Iceland
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Developments in Quaternary Sciences, 5
Description
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.
Audience
Senior undergraduate/postgraduate/research level across a range disciplines - geology, physical geography, geosciences, palaeoecology, meteorology, pedology, hydrology, oceanography and archaeology
Contents
Preface.
1. Iceland. modern processes, past environments: an introduction
(C. Caseldine et al.).
2. Late Quaternary marine sediment studies of the Icelandic shelf-palaeoceanography, land/ice sheet/ocean
interactions and deglaciation: a review (J.T. Andrews).
3. Relative sea level change in Iceland: new aspects of the Weichselian deglaciation
of Iceland (H. Norddahl and H. Petursson).
4. Recent developments in oceanographic research in Icelandic waters (S. Jonsson, H. Valdimarsson).
5. The glacier-marginal landsystems of Iceland (D.J.A. Evans).
6. Subglacial volcanic activity in Iceland (M.T. Gudmundsson).
7. Icelandic
jökulhlaup impacts (A.J. Russell et al.).
8. Environmental and climatic effects from atmospheric SO2 mass-loading
by Icelandic flood lava eruptions (P. Pordarson).
9. Holocene glacier history (M. Wastl, J. Stotter).
10. Variations of termini of
glaciers in Iceland in recent centuries and their
connection with climate (O. Sigurdsson).
11. Local knowledge and travellers' tales:
a selection of climatic observations
in Iceland (A. Ogilvie).
12. Chemical weathering, chemical denudation and the CO2 budget
for
Iceland (S.R. Gislason).
13. Icelandic soils (O. Arnalds).
14. The Holocene vegetation history of Iceland, state-of-the-art and
future
research (M. Hallsdottir, C. Caseldine).
| Bibliographic details |
Hardbound, 420 pages, publication date: APR-2005
ISBN-13: 978-0-444-50652-8
ISBN-10: 0-444-50652-7
Imprint: ELSEVIER
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