[CRYOLIST] “Quaternary pollen and plant macrofossil records from arctic landscapes” session at 9th European Palaeobotany and Palynology Conference

Session announcement and CALL FOR ABSTRACTS

"Quaternary pollen and plant macrofossil records from arctic landscapes"

at 9^th European Palaeobotany and Palynology Conference

26.-31. August 2014

Padova, Italy

Deadline for abstract submission: April 30, 2014

Session description

Arctic landscapes are predicted to change dramatically in the near future. Some of that change is already visible, its effects are still unknown. Multidisciplinary palaeoenvironmental studies help understanding those changes and their effects on biota and the global climate system.

For this session we invite abstracts that deal with changes in vegetation communities, treeline, palaeoclimate, geomorphology and permafrost in Arctic landscapes during the Quaternary as inferred from pollen and plant macrofossil records.

We understand that the use of multi-proxy approaches greatly enhances palaeoenvironmental reconstructions. Therefore, we would like to encourage abstracts of multi-proxy studies including the analysis of diatoms, coleoptera, ostracods, mammals, stable isotopes, molecular biomarkers, sedimentology, biogeochemistry and other proxies.

 

For further information please visit the website:
http://www.geoscienze.unipd.it/eppc2014/index.html

or contact Juliane Wolter at Juliane.Wolter@awi.de

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                Juliane Wolter (Geoecologist)
                Alfred-Wegener-Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research
                Division: Periglacial Research
                PhD candidate

                        Telegrafenberg A43
                        (Building A45, R 111)
                        D-14473 Potsdam, Germany
                        phone +49 (0)331 288-2162
                        fax: +49 (0)331 288-2137