• HEAT CAPACITY OF FERROSILITE, FE2SI2O6 

  Cemič L.; Dachs E. (2006)

  The heat capacity of synthetic ferrosilite, Fe2Si2O6, was measured between 2 and 820 K. The physical properties measurement system (PPMS, Quantum Design®) was used in the low-temperature region between 2 and 303 K. In the ...
• OPTICAL DATING OF HOLOCENE DUNE SANDS FROM THE HULUN BUIR DESERT, NORTHEASTERN CHINA 

  Li Sh.H.; Sun J. (2006)

  Aeolian deposits from the Hulun Buir Desert of northeastern China are studied with optically stimulated luminescence dating methods to establish the chronology of dune building phases and climatic changes since the last ...
• SOIL AND SEDIMENTARY CHARCOAL EVIDENCE FOR HOLOCENE FOREST FIRES IN AN INLAND TEMPERATE RAINFOREST, EAST-CENTRAL BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA 

  Sanborn P.; Geertsema M.; Jull A.J.T.; Hawkes B. (2006)

  Accelerator radiocarbon dating of 147 charcoal samples recovered from colluvial and alluvial fan deposits at 29 sites was used to reconstruct the Holocene fire history of an inland temperate rainforest watershed in ...
• HOLOCENE RIVER FLOODS IN THE UPPER GLOMMA CATCHMENT, SOUTHERN NORWAY: A HIGH-RESOLUTION MULTIPROXY RECORD FROM LACUSTRINE SEDIMENTS 

  Boe A.G.; Dahl S.O.; Lie O.; Nesje A. (2006)

  The Glomma catchment in east-central southern Norway has a discharge dominated by a general spring-flood regime with episodic large river floods In this study, the instrumental records (from AD 1871) and documentary evidence ...
• A CHRONOSTRATIGRAPHY OF MID AND LATE-HOLOCENE SLOPE EVOLUTION: CREAGAN A’ CHAORAINN, NORTHERN HIGHLANDS, SCOTLAND 

  Reid E.; Thomas M.F. (2006)

  Unusual exposure of the drift stratigraphy of a typical, vegetated hillslope in the Northern Highlands of Scotland has allowed reconstruction of its Holocene history. Graphic logging of palaeogully fill, sediment analysis, ...
• EFFECTS OF STORMINESS, SAND SUPPLY AND THE NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION ON SAND INVASION AND COASTAL DUNE ACCRETION IN WESTERN PORTUGAL 

  Clarke M.L.; Rendell H.M. (2006)

  Holocene forested coastal dunes fringe the Atlantic coast of western Portugal. Mapping of dunes in the field and using air photographs shows a range of forms reflecting dominant northwest and westerly onshore wind regimes. ...
• HIGH-PRESSURE BEHAVIOR OF MNGEO3 AND CDGEO3 PEROVSKITES AND THE POST-PEROVSKITE PHASE TRANSITION 

  Tateno Sh.; Hirose K.; Sata N.; Ohishi Ya. (2006)

  The stability and high-pressure behavior of perovskite structure in MnGeO3 and CdGeO3 were examined on the basis of in situ synchrotron X-ray diffraction measurements at high pressure and temperature in a laser-heated ...
• TREE-RING EVIDENCE OF ‘LITTLE ICE AGE' GLACIER ADVANCES IN SOUTHERN TIBET 

  Brauning A. (2006)

  The history of late Holocene glacier fluctuations in eastern Tibet was studied by determining the ages of trees growing on glacier deposits. Maximum tree ages yield minimum ages of AD 1760 and 1780 for moraine formation ...
• WINTER AND SUMMER CLIMATE PATTERNS IN THE EUROPEAN-MIDDLE EAST DURING RECENT CENTURIES AS DOCUMENTED IN A NORTHERN RED SEA CORAL RECORD 

  Rimbu N.; Felis T.; Lohmann G.; PAatzold Ju. (2006)

  The Ras Umm Sidd coral 6180 record from the northern Red Sea is the northernmost centuries long coral time series that is currently available in seasonal resolution (AD 1750-1995). Here we investigate climate patterns ...
• CUPRESSUS DUPREZIANA: A DENDROCLIMATIC RECORD FOR THE MIDDLE-LATE HOLOCENE IN THE CENTRAL SAHARA 

  Cremaschi M.; Pelfini M.; Santilli M. (2006)

  Dendroclimatology of Cupressus dupreziana, the Tassili cypress, has been attempted on samples obtained from the door beams of the old cities of Ghat and Barkat located at the foot of the Tassili, where the cypress still ...
• THE EFFECT OF CLIMATE VARIABILITY ON POLLEN PRODUCTIVITY, AD 1975-2000, RECORDED IN A SPHAGNUM PEAT HUMMOCK 

  Sjogren P.; van Leeuwen Ja.F.N.; van der Knaap W.O.; van der Borg K. (2006)

  Pollen accumulation rates and pollen percentages from a Sphagnum peat hummock in the Jura Mountains were used to determine past pollen deposition. Post-bomb calibrated radiocarbon dates allowed estimations of annual ...
• LONG-DISTANCE TRANSPORT OF MACROSCOPIC CHARCOAL BY AN INTENSIVE CROWN FIRE IN THE SWISS ALPS - IMPLICATIONS FOR FIRE HISTORY RECONSTRUCTION 

  Tinner W.; Hofstetter S.; Zeugin F.; Conedera M.; Wohlgemuth T.; Zimmermann L.; Zweifel R. (2006)

  The correct interpretation of charcoal records in a palaeoecological context requires the understanding of the sources and transport of charcoal particles. Conventionally, it is assumed that macroscopic charcoal particles ...
• THE DEVELOPMENT OF PASTURE WOODLAND IN THE SOUTHWEST SWISS JURA MOUNTAINS OVER 2000 YEARS, BASED ON THREE ADJACENT PEAT PROFILES 

  Sjogren P. (2006)

  The pollen content of three adjacent peat profiles has been analysed to study the development of pasture woodland in the small valley Combe des Amburnex (1300 m a.s.l.). Chronostratigraphy based on lowland pollen assemblages ...
• THE HOLOCENE VEGETATION HISTORY OF LAKE ERHAI, YUNNAN PROVINCE SOUTHWESTERN CHINA: THE ROLE OF CLIMATE AND HUMAN FORCINGS 

  Shen Ji.; Jones R.T.; Yang X.; Dearing J.A.; Wang S. (2006)

  A pollen diagram from a 6.62 m sediment sequence in Lake Erhai in northwest Yunnan, China was obtained to examine the roles of climate change and human impact on the development of the Erhai lake-catchment system since ...
• EXTENSION OF THE NEW ZEALAND KAUR (AGATHIS AUSTRALIS) CHRONOLOGY TO 1724 BC 

  Boswijk G.; Fowler A.; Lorrey A.; Palmer J.; Ogden J. (2006)

  Long tree-ring chronologies have been constructed in the Northern Hemisphere for dendroclimatology and palaeoenvironmental studies, radiocarbon calibration and archaeological dating. Numerous tree-ring chronologies have ...
• THE USE OF FOSSILIZED HONEY FOR PALEOECOLOGICAL RECONSTRUCTION: A PALYNOLOGICAL STUDY OF ARCHEOLOGICAL MATERIAL FROM GEORGIA 

  Kvavadze E.V. (2006)

  Palynological analysis of the organic contents of ceramic pots from the Kodiani burial mound, which is dated as 27th-25th centuries B.C., revealed that they contained honey. The samples are extremely rich in excellently ...
• RAPID CLIMATE CHANGE DURING THE EARLY HOLOCENE IN WESTERN EUROPE AND GREENLAND 

  Prasad S.; Brauer A.; Rein B.; Negendank J.F.W. (2006)

  Based on microfacies analyses of seasonally laminated varved sediments from lake Holzmaar, Germany, we report evidence of decadal-to century-scale climate variability during the early Holocene. The shifts in climate are ...
• NORTH AMERICAN DROUGHTS OF THE MID TO LATE NINETEENTH CENTURY: A HISTORY, SIMULATION AND IMPLICATION FOR MEDIAEVAL DROUGHT 

  Herweijer C.; Seager R.; Cook E.R. (2006)

  Unlike the major droughts of the twentieth century that are readily identified in the instrumental record, similar events in the nineteenth century have to be identified using a combination of proxy data, historical accounts ...
• SUCCESSIVE FORAMINIFERAL FAUNAS AND INFERRED PALAEOENVIRONMENTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE POSTGLACIAL (HOLOCENE) MARINE TRANSGRESSION, GULF ST VINCENT, SOUTH AUSTRALIA 

  Cann J.H.; Murray-Wallace C.V.; Riggs N.J.; Belperio A.P. (2006)

  Gulf St Vincent is one of a pair of elongate, triangular, shallow water embayments into the southern coast of continental Australia. From the southern floor of this embayment, within a shallow basin-like depression where ...
• HOLOCENE FIRE IN THE SCOTTISH HIGHLANDS: EVIDENCE FROM MACROSCOPIC CHARCOAL RECORDS 

  Froyd C.A. (2006)

  It has been hypothesized that the mid-Holocene decline of pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) woodland in the Scottish Highlands may have been the result of a change in the fire regime of the region. Little is known about the ...

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