Reading the Soil Archives

Unraveling the Geoecological Code of Palaeosols and Sediment Cores
Erscheinungsjahr 2019
ISBN: 978-0-444-64108-3
Verlag: Elsevier Science & Technology

Buch, Englisch, 320 Seiten, Format (B × H): 191 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 670 g

Reihe: Developments in Quaternary Science

Reading the Soil Archives: Unraveling the Geoecological Code of Palaeosols and Sediment Cores, Volume 19, provides details of new techniques for understanding geological history in the form of quantitative pollen analyses, soil micromorphology, OSL (Optically Stimulated Luminescence) dating, phytolith analysis and biomarker analysis. The book presents the genesis of a cultural landscape, based on multi-proxy analysis of paleosoils and integration of geomorphological, pedological and archaeological research results, which can be a model for geoecological landscape studies. Beginning with analytical methods for interpreting soil archives, the book examines methods for reconstructing the landscape genesis.

The book presents strengths and weaknesses of applications, especially in relation to the data from case studies in the Netherlands. The final chapter of the book addresses landscape evolution in different cultural periods. This book offers an integrated approach to geoecological knowledge that is valuable to students and professionals in quaternary science, physical geography, soil science, archaeology, historical geography, and land planning and restructuring.

Zielgruppe

<p>This book is intended for students and professionals in "physical geography, soil science, archaeology, historical geography and for land planning and restructuring.</p>

Autoren/Hrsg.

van der Meer, Jaap

Fachgebiete

• Geowissenschaften Geologie Historische Geologie, Geochronologie
• Geowissenschaften Geologie Petrologie, Mineralogie
• Geowissenschaften Geologie Paläontologie, Taphonomie
• Geowissenschaften Geologie Bodenkunde, Sedimentologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Soil pollen analysis: Pollen infiltration and conservation in soils 2. Soil micromorphology 3. Radiocarbon dating of soil organic carbon 4. OSL dating of sand 5. Phytolith analysis 6. Biomarkers of palaeosols 7. Archaeometrical analysis of palaeosols 8. A case study of the reconstruction of the development of the cultural landscape in the SE-Netherlands, based on the analysis of soil archives

Über Autor(innen)

van der Meer, Jaap
Professor Jaap JM van der Meer, MSc, PhD is Professor emeritus of Physical Geography at Queen Mary, University of London. He obtained a BSc, MSc and PhD at the University of Amsterdam where he was a Senior Lecturer until 2000, when he moved to London. He retired in 2011.Glacial processes and resulting landforms and sediments were the focus of his research. On the general level he studied sediment transfer and (temporal) storage in the glacial system: from the ice divide to the shelf edge. More specifically, there are two clear elements in his studies: the first one is the study of glacial sediments especially in thin sections and the second one is the study of dynamic structures, e.g. push moraines or drumlins. His research is embedded in an international network, encompassing collaboration with colleagues from Western European, North and South American countries and Australia and New Zealand and fieldwork ranging from the Arctic to the Antarctic. He set up the Centre for Micromorphology University of London, internationally a unique research facility to study glacial sediments at all microscales.