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Palaeo-Environmental Reconstruction SRES3029

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Palaeo-Environmental Reconstruction

	Files for Nursery Swamp Project
Nursery Swamp fieldtrip results Nursaery Swamp diagrams Notes on Other Sites in the ACT

Week 1 Lectures & Readings (click on words to download .pdf files and print)
Quaternary Summary, Human-Climate interactions, Monsoon History General reading on Sediments (Prac 1 fieldtrip)
	Wed 22 Feb	Lecture Quaternary Time Scales Lecture [3.9Mb]

Week 2 Lectures & Readings (click on words to download .pdf files and print)
Early Agriculture in New Guinea, Tropical Rainforest Dynamics Further optional reading: Roberts, Neil (1998) The Holocene: an environmental history, Edition 2nd ed., Oxford: Blackwell Publishers (HANCOCK GF13.R6 1989 and EARTH SCI GF13 .R6 1998)
	Mon 27 Feb	Lecture Holocene Time Scales Lecture [2.5Mb]

Week 4 Lectures & Readings (click on words to download .pdf files and print)
Reading on Sediment description Further optional reading: Thompson, R. and Oldfield, F. (1986) Environmental magnetism. London, Allen & Unwin. (HANCOCK QC820.T57 1986)
	Mon 13 Mar	Lecture Sediment Description Lecture [3.7Mb]
	Wed 15 Mar	Lecture Environmental Magnetism Lecture [4.5Mb]

Week 6 Lectures & Readings (click on words to download .pdf files and print)
Reading on Pollen analysis Further optional reading: Erdtman, G. (1971) An introduction to palynology. New York, Hafner Pub. Co. (HANCOCK QK658.E69)
	Mon 27 Mar	Lecture Pollen Analysis I Lecture [2.9Mb]
	Wed 29 Mar	Lecture Pollen Analysis II Lecture [4.8Mb]

Week 7 Lectures & Readings (click on words to download .pdf files and print)
Reading on Human impact and palaeoecology Further optional reading: Oldfield, F. (2005) Environmental Change: Key issues and alternative approaches. Cambridge, Cambridge University Press. (HANCOCK QC981.8 C5 O43 2005)
	Mon 3 Apr	Lecture Pollen Analysis III Lecture [1.9Mb]

Week 9 Lectures & Readings (click on words to download .pdf files and print)
Reading on Charcoal analysis
	Mon 1 May	Lecture Charcoal Analysis I Lecture [1.9Mb]
	Wed 3 May	Lecture Charcoal Analysis II Lecture [1.7Mb]

Week 10 Lectures & Readings (click on words to download .pdf files and print)
No Reading
	Mon 8 May	Lecture Diatom Analysis Lecture [0.3Mb]
	Wed 10 May	Lecture Phytolith Analysis Lecture [1.4Mb]

Week 11 Lectures & Readings (click on words to download .pdf files and print)
No Reading
	Mon 15 May	Lecture Shell Analysis Lecture [0.8Mb]
	Wed 17 May	Lecture Edward Pellew Is Lecture [3.2Mb]

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