Memoirs

Memoirs
Author: Geological Survey of Great Britain
Publisher:
Total Pages: 148
Release: 1927
Genre: Geology
ISBN:

Pacific - Atlantic Mollusc Migration

Pacific - Atlantic Mollusc Migration
Author: Jón Eiríksson
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 882
Release: 2021-02-17
Genre: Science
ISBN: 303059663X

This volume sheds new light on the marine fauna and geological setting of the Tjörnes 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 Tjörnes Peninsula. The book includes a comprehensive account of all the collections of marine fossil invertebrate macrofossils and foraminifera known to the editors from the Tjörnes 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 Tjörnes 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.

A Monograph on the Fossil Reptilia of the Wealden Formations

A Monograph on the Fossil Reptilia of the Wealden Formations
Author: Richard Owen
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 491
Release: 2015-04-30
Genre: History
ISBN: 1108081134

In his monograph on the Wealden and Purbeck Reptilia (published in five parts with nine supplements in 1853-79), Sir Richard Owen (1804-92) confirms the distinctiveness of the newly recognised 'Dinosauria', and also reviews the other reptiles then known from these Early Cretaceous faunas, including turtles, crocodiles and lizards.

Quaternary of the Thames

Quaternary of the Thames
Author: D.R. Bridgland
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 529
Release: 2012-12-06
Genre: Science
ISBN: 940110705X

This volume describes important sites in the Pleistocene deposits of the Thames terrace system laid down by the Thames and its tributaries. It correlates the Thames sequence with deposits found elsewhere in Britain, on the European continent and on the ocean floor.