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Geological History of the Iceland-Faeroe-Ridge and its Influence on Pleistocene Glaciations

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Structure and Development of the Greenland-Scotland Ridge

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During the Tertiary the basaltic ridge building a continuous land connection between Greenland and the British Isles separated the Greenland-Norwegian Sea (Scandic Sea) from the Atlantic. This is clearly evidenced by marine and terrestrial biota as well as the geological conditions of the Iceland-Faeroe-Ridge.

Break-down of this barrier at the boundary Plio/Pleistocene led to fundamental changes of oceanic currents and consequently to new meteorologic coincidences and creation of Pleistocene glaciations.

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Strauch, F. (1983). Geological History of the Iceland-Faeroe-Ridge and its Influence on Pleistocene Glaciations. In: Bott, M.H.P., Saxov, S., Talwani, M., Thiede, J. (eds) Structure and Development of the Greenland-Scotland Ridge. Nato Conference Series, vol 8. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-3485-9_29

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