TIMECHS: timing and mechanisms of holocene climate change in nw Europe, based stable isotope, pollen and macrofossil evidence from lacustrine environments

• Research unit: EU RFP
• Project number: 97.0419

Key words (English)

Climate change; varved sediment; lake studies; carbonate; ostracods; stable isotopes

Alternative project number (English)

EU project number: ENV4-CT97-0557

Research programs (English)

EU-programme: 4. Frame Research Programme - 3.1 Environment

Short description (English)

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Partners and International Organizations (English)

Coordinator: Nat. Univ of Ireland, Dept of Botany (IRL)

Abstract (English)

To reconstruct Holocene climate change at the Atlantic fringe of Europe through the detailed study of thick, laminated, calcareous sediments, from An Loch Mór, Inis Oírr, Aran Islands, W. Ireland. Until now, the vast majority of lakes where detailed multidisciplinary investigations have been carried out are from continental Europe where, in recent years, several lakes with varved sediments have been located, cored and studied. Few such studies have been attempted in Atlantic Europe and yet it is precisely in this region that changes in conditions in the Atlantic Ocean, which has a major influence on climate, are most likely to be strongly reflected. TIMECHS aims to redress the gap in the existing European network of terrestrial sites through the study of a lake, completely surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean, at the most westerly point in Europe
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References in databases (English)

Swiss Database: Euro-DB of the
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Swiss Project-Number: 97.0419