A rich, uniquely distributed assemblage (>80 species) of reworked Paleogene to early Neogene (~66-15 Ma) planktic foraminifera is documented within >470 m of late Neogene (~5.7-1.6 Ma) borehole limest
The north Icelandic shelf is partly distinguished by the Tjörnes Fracture Zone featuring numerous active basins in a mud-dominated shelf environment. Late Glacial and Holocene high-resolution sediment