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Surtsey: Evolution of Life on a Volcanic Island focuses on the origin of life in the island of Surtsey. The book first offers information on the Surtsey Research Society, conservation measures, and scientists that comprise the Surtsey research team. The text then focuses on the submarine eruptions off the coasts of Iceland, the flow of lava, and the formation and disappearance of islets. The book also describes the landscape that came about after the eruption. The tephra cones of the Surtur I and II craters, lava, coastal plains, and thermal areas are discussed. The text also underscores the e.
Front Cover; Surtsey: Evolution of Life on a Volcanic Island; Copyright Page; PREFACE; Table of Contents; Chapter 1. INTRODUCTION; THE SURTSEY RESEARCH SOCIETY; CONSERVATION MEASURES; THE SCIENTISTS; REFERENCES; Chapter 2. GEOLOGICAL NOTES ; REFERENCES; Chapter 3. THE MID-ATLANTIC RIDGE; SUBMARINE ERUPTIONS OFF THE COASTS OF ICELAND; THE PRELUDE; REFERENCES; Chapter 4. THE ERUPTION STARTS; THE LAVA FLOW; REFERENCES; Chapter 5. THE FORMATION AND DISAPPEARANCE OF ISLETS; REFERENCES; Chapter 6. LANDSCAPE; THE TEPHRA; THE LAVA; THE COASTAL PLAINS; THERMAL AREAS; REFERENCES; Chapter 7. CLIMATE.
THE LICHENSTHE MOSSES; THE SPECIES AND THEIR DISTRIBUTION; THE LOCAL REPRODUCTION OF MOSS; THE HABITATS; THE BIOMASS OF THE VEGETATION ON SURTSEY AND HEIMAEY; THE VASCULAR PLANTS; THE TERRESTRI ALANIMALS; THE MICROFAUNA; THE TERRESTRIAL INVERTEBRATES; ORIGIN AND COLONISATION; THE BIRDS; THE VEGETATION OF THE ADJACENT LAND MASSES; REFERENCES; Chapter 15. THE OUTER WESTMAN ISLANDS; TOPOGRAPHICAL FEATURES; METHOD OF RESEARCH; THE PLANT COMMUNITIES; NOTES ON THE FLORA OF THE SMALLER ISLANDS; THE VEGETATION OF THE SMALLER ISLANDS; REFERENCES; Chapter 16. THE VEGETATION OF HEIMAEY; THE TOPOGRAPHY.
THE VEGETATIONTHE ERUPTION ON HEIMAEY; REFERENCES; Chapter 17. THE SOUTHERN COAST OF ICELAND; REFERENCES; Chapter 18. SOME CONCLUSIONS AND SPECULATIONS; THE DISPERSAL; THE SUCCESSIONS; SURTSEY AND OTHER ISLANDS; REFERENCES; Chapter 19. ACKNOWLEDGEMENT; INDEX.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.