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Quaternary paleoenvironments - methods

Learning Objectives

 

 

  • learn about some of the main methods in paleoecology.

     
 

  • that reconstructing climate is somehow like being a detective using different methods in order to solve the question.
     
  • that most methods are suitable for several archives.

 

  • why often several methods are applied to one archive in order to reconstruct climate.
     
  • why radiocarbon years are not the same as calendar years.
 

  • explain the general principle of several important methods in paleoecology.
     
  • indicate the potential of some of the main methods in paleoecology.

 

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29 August 2011
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