PP23A:
Global Change During the Holocene and Anthropocene: New Methods, Questions, and Perspectives III

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Session ID#: 6817

Session Description:
Long-term records of climate and environmental change are essential to understanding how terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems will respond to ongoing global warming. The purpose of this session is to highlight recent research focused on understanding the patterns and causes of climate and environmental change during the Holocene epoch using traditional or novel methods. We welcome abstracts focused on any geographic region, and using any proxy or combination of proxies. We also solicit studies focused on broad, regional-scale investigations using paleoecological and archaeological databases (e.g., Neotoma, CARD), and climatic or geophysical modeling. Additionally, we welcome papers that consider new insights into the Anthropocene, the period of time characterized by significant human impact on earth’s climate and environment. Humans have played a role in shaping landscapes and environments for thousands of years and studies that examine these questions help place modern environmental-human interactions into a long-term context.
OSPA Liaison:  Matthew C. Peros, Bishop's University, Sherbrooke, QC, Canada
Chairs:  Francine M G McCarthy, Brock Univ, St Catharines, ON, Canada and Jeannine-Marie St-Jacques, Concordia University, Geography, Planning and Environment, Montreal, QC, Canada
Primary Convener:  Matthew C. Peros, Bishop's University, Sherbrooke, QC, Canada
Convener:  Konrad J Gajewski, University of Ottawa, Department of Geography, Environment and Geomatics, Ottawa, ON, Canada
Index Terms:

0473 Paleoclimatology and paleoceanography [BIOGEOSCIENCES]
1605 Abrupt/rapid climate change [GLOBAL CHANGE]
1616 Climate variability [GLOBAL CHANGE]
4950 Paleoecology [PALEOCEANOGRAPHY]
Co-Sponsor(s):
  • B - Biogeosciences
  • ES - Earth Surface Processes
  • GA - Geoarcheology
  • SG - Sedimentary Geology and Paleobiology

Abstracts Submitted to this Session:

PP23A-01
Testate amoeba assemblages of southern Patagonian peat bogs record drastic 20th century shifts: unprecedented climate change or increased UV-B radiation? (33929)
Simon van Bellen1,2, Dmitri Mauquoy3, Richard J. Payne4, Thomas P Roland5, Tim Daley6, Paul Douglas Michael Hughes7, N Loader8, F. Alayne Street-Perrott8, Emma M. Rice6 and Veronica A. Pancotto9, (1)University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, United Kingdom, (2)GEOTOP-UQAM, Montreal, QC, Canada, (3)University of Aberdeen, School of Geosciences, Aberdeen, United Kingdom, (4)University of York, Environment Department, York, United Kingdom, (5)University of Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom, (6)Plymouth University, Plymouth, United Kingdom, (7)University of Southampton, Southampton, SO14, United Kingdom, (8)Swansea University, Department of Geography, Swansea, United Kingdom, (9)CADIC-CONICET, Ushuaia, Argentina
PP23A-02
Recent afforestation of the Johnville Peat Bog, southern Québec, Canada, investigated using dendroecological and paleoecological techniques (35533)
Matthew C. Peros and Julien Vachon, Bishop's University, Sherbrooke, QC, Canada
PP23A-03
Peat bog as geochemical archives of atmospheric dust deposition in eastern Canada: a multi-proxy approach (36163)
Steve Pratte1,2, Michelle Garneau3 and François De Vleeschouwer2,4, (1)GEOTOP-UQAM, Montreal, QC, Canada, (2)Université de Toulouse, INP, UPS, Ecolab, ENSAT, Castanet Tolosan, France, (3)Université du Québec à Montréal, Department of Geography and Geotop Research Centre, Montréal, QC, Canada, (4)CNRS, Ecolab, Castanet Tolosan, France
PP23A-05
A Time-transgressive Two-phased Hypsithermal Warm Period Across the Boreal Region of Northwest Ontario: A Multiproxy Study From Deep-water and Near-shore Cores (35864)
Brian F Cumming, Donya Danesh, Kathleen R Laird and Moumita Karmakar, Queen's University, Kingston, ON, Canada
PP23A-07
Documentary Data Rescue In Canada: Daily Temperature Records For The St-Lawrence Valley In The Past 270 Years (34998)
Victoria Slonosky, Centre for Interdisciplinary Research on Montreal, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada
PP23A-08
Impact of Holocene Climate Variability on Arctic Vegetation (34534)
Konrad J Gajewski, University of Ottawa, Department of Geography, Environment and Geomatics, Ottawa, ON, Canada
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