High-resolution sedimentary archives and the detection of abrupt environmental changes

Session ID#: 123686

Session Description:
Sedimentary records with high deposition rates are pivotal to reveal regional climatic and environmental changes across the Earth. Although rare, annually laminated sediments are exceptional archives: they, 1) offer the possibility to document Earth’s environmental changes at unprecedented temporal resolution; 2) provide the means to constrain the chronologies of other archives; 3) can record information about the resilience of past societies based on physical, and biogeochemical evidence. However, acquiring sub-decadal proxy-records from such sedimentary archives can be challenging. We welcome participants whose research documents recent advances in the analyses of highly resolved sedimentary records to detect climatic and environmental changes, including the use of hyperspectral imaging techniques and other cutting-edge high-resolution techniques (e.g., µXRF, SEM, CT-Scan). Particularly encouraged are researchers who combine the different techniques with newest computational techniques (e.g., machine learning). Furthermore, this session provides a platform to discuss new high-resolution paleoclimate (e.g., temperature, precipitation, flood) and environmental reconstructions.
Index Terms:

0473 Paleoclimatology and paleoceanography [BIOGEOSCIENCES]
1051 Sedimentary geochemistry [GEOCHEMISTRY]
1105 Quaternary geochronology [GEOCHRONOLOGY]
1637 Regional climate change [GLOBAL CHANGE]


Primary Convener:  Francois Lapointe, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, MA, United States
Conveners:  Celia Martin-Puertas, Royal Holloway University of London, Department of Geography, Egham, United Kingdom, Tobias Schneider, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Palisades, NY, United States, Pierre Francus, Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique-Eau Terre Environnement INRS-ETE, Quebec City, QC, Canada and Francois Lapointe, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA, United States
Primary Liaison:  Francois Lapointe, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA, United States