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The De Geer Land Bridge was a land bridge that connected Fennoscandia to northern Greenland.[1] The land bridge provided a northern route from Europe to North America from the Late Cretaceous to the Early Paleocene,[1] although this timeframe has been disputed.[1]
The De Geer Land Bridge provided a path from Scandinavia across the Barents Sea to Svalbard, northern Greenland, and northern Canada.[1] This may have been possible due to the Barents Sea residing on the shallow continental shelf.
Relation to other land bridges
[edit]The De Geer Land Bridge was the initial route from Europe and North America. Long after the De Geer Land Bridge disappeared, the Thule Land Bridge appeared and offered a more southern route from Europe to North America.[1]
Beringia, a land bridge from Northeast Asia to Alaska, was another route to North America that existed at the same time as the De Geer Land Bridge.[1]
References
[edit]- 1 2 3 4 5 6 Brikiatis, Leonidas (8 April 2014). "The De Geer, Thulean and Beringia Routes: Key Concepts for Understanding Early Cenozoic Biogeography". Journal of Biogeography. 41 (6). Wiley Online Library: 1036–1054. doi:10.1111/jbi.12310. S2CID 84506301. Retrieved 2 July 2022.
- ↑ commons:File:NASA_bathymetric_world_map.jpg
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