Reconstructing the Quaternary Climate Change - MZ330P124
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The course provides an overview of environmental changes in the Quaternary period and methodological approaches how to study them. The main emphasis is given to the drivers of environmental changes and impacts of environmental changes on the human population. Sedimentary record of climatic and environmental changes, and temporal and spatial variability of Quaternary glaciation are reviewed as well. The students will acquire knowledge of the basic environmental and palaeoclimate archives and the methods applied to extract information from these archives. Lectures are in English.
Last update: Kliment Zdeněk, doc. RNDr., CSc. (01.04.2019)
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Lowe, J., Walker, M. (2015): Reconstructing Quaternary Environments. Routledge, New York. 538 p. Last update: Kliment Zdeněk, doc. RNDr., CSc. (01.04.2019)
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1. Quaternary research: a historical overview 2. Dating methods 3. δ18O – a key record of Quaternary climate 4. Glacial geomorphology and stratigraphy 5. Quaternary glaciations: extents and chronology 1 – ice sheets 6. Quaternary glaciations: extents and chronology 2 – alpine glaciation 7. Environments of the mid-latitudes: loess, lacustrine, and fluvial records 8. Termination 1 9. The Holocene 10. Quaternary climate change in central Europe 11. Humans in the Quaternary 12. Unresolved issues of Quaternary research Last update: Kliment Zdeněk, doc. RNDr., CSc. (01.04.2019)
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