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Tracking Environmental Change Using Lake Sediments

Volume 1: Basin Analysis, Coring, and Chronological Techniques

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  • © 2001

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Editors:
  1. William M. Last

    1. Department of Geological Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada

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  2. John P. Smol

    1. Department of Biology, Queen’s University, Kingston, Canada

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Part of the book series: Developments in Paleoenvironmental Research (DPER, volume 1)

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Table of contents (16 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxiv
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  2. An Introduction to Basin Analysis, Coring, and Chronological Techniques Used in Paleolimnology

    • William M. Last, John P. Smol
    Pages 1-5

  4. Core Acquisition, Archiving, and Logging Techniques

    1. Sediment Core Collection and Extrusion

      • John R. Glew, John P. Smol, William M. Last
      Pages 73-105

    2. Coring and Drilling Equipment and Procedures for Recovery of Long Lacustrine Sequences

      • Suzanne A. G. Leroy, Steve M. Colman
      Pages 107-135

    3. Sediment Logging Techniques

      • Bernd Zolitschka, Jens Mingram, Sjerry Van Der Gaast, J. H. Fred Jansen, Rudolf Naumann
      Pages 137-153

    4. Logging of Magnetic Susceptibility

      • Norbert R. Nowaczyk
      Pages 155-170

  5. Chronostratigraphic Techniques

    1. Chronostratigraphic Techniques in Recent Sediments

      • P. G. Appleby
      Pages 171-203

    2. 14C Chronostratigraphic Techniques in Paleolimnology

      • Svante Björck, Barbara Wohlfarth
      Pages 205-245

    3. Varve Chronology Techniques

      • Scott Lamoureux
      Pages 247-260

    4. Luminescence Dating

      • Olav B. Lian, D. J. Huntley
      Pages 261-282

    5. Electron Spin Resonance (ESR) Dating in Lacustrine Environments

      • Bonnie A. B. Blackwell
      Pages 283-369

    6. Use of Paleomagnetism in Studies of Lake Sediments

      • John King, John Peck
      Pages 371-389

    7. Amino Acid Racemization (AAR) Dating and Analysis in Lacustrine Environments

      • Bonnie A. B. Blackwell
      Pages 391-450

    8. Tephrochronology

      • C.S.M. Turkey, J.J. Lowe
      Pages 451-471

  6. Back Matter

    Pages 473-548
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Reviews

"This book is an authoritative, well organized and generally accessible manual for the practicing paleolimnologist. It provides guidance on how to plan a drilling campaign, interpret the morphology of the lake basin, recover and log cores and place the sediments within a chronological framework."
(T.C. Partridge, Climatology Research Group, University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa in Journal of Paleolimnology, 30:4)

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Geological Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada

    William M. Last

  • Department of Biology, Queen’s University, Kingston, Canada

    John P. Smol

About the editors

William M. Last is a professor in the Department of Geological Sciences at University of Manitoba (Canada) and is co-editor of the Journal of Paleolimnology. John P. Smol is a professor in the Biology Department at Queen's University (Canada), with a cross-appointment at the School of Environmental Studies. He co-directs the Paleoecological Environmental Assessment and Research Lab (PEARL). Professor Smol is co-editor of the Journal of Paleolimnology and holds the Canada Research Chair in Environmental Change.

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