Abstract
ABSTRACTS VOLUMEGEOREVIEW From this perspective, a sedimentary lacustrine sequence located in the Eastern Carpathians,Northern Romania, has been subjected to multi-proxy analyses with the purpose ofreconstructing local environmental changes in response to climatic variability and human impact.The sequence (4 .1 m long) covering the last millennium is layered throughout and offers anexcellent opportunity for high-resolution past environmental reconstruction. The study site,ha, with 4.4 m maximum water depth (in 2010) (M indrescu et al., 2013). The lake catchment andsurrounding area (Fig. 1) are highly susceptible to slope movement due to their geology (i.e.,flysch), terrain gradients and climate parameters (heavy and prolonged rainfall, especially duringearly spring and summer; high soil moisture levels ensured by the generally cool climate). Methods and results The methods employed in this study are sediment geochemical characteristics (elementalcomposition, organic matter and carbonate content), physical properties (water content ofsediment, mineral magnetic properties, grain size), as well as biological indicators (treemacrofossils and pollen). The chronology of the entire sequence was established on four AMSradiocarbon measurements performed at Hertelendi Laboratory of Environmental Studies inDebrecen, Hungary (Fig. 2).
Highlights
Prior to the last decade, the Carpathian region was largely unrepresented in large data reviews (Akinyemi et al 2013) on well-dated, high-resolution investigations of past climate and environmental conditions and in studies on human impact on the local and regional environment
In 2011, a workshop co-sponsored by PAGES and the Mountain Research Initiative (MRI), and focusing on climatic variability in the Carpathian-Balkan region (CarpathianBalkan Workshop, CBW2011, Suceava, Romania) was an early and successful attempt to create a network of paleoscientists in the region (Mîndrescu 2012)
An initial product from this new network was a special volume in Quaternary International on the advances in Pleistocene and Holocene climate changes research from the Carpathian-Balkan region (Veres and Mîndrescu 2013)
Summary
Prior to the last decade, the Carpathian region was largely unrepresented in large data reviews (Akinyemi et al 2013) on well-dated, high-resolution investigations of past climate and environmental conditions and in studies on human impact on the local and regional environment. In 2011, a workshop co-sponsored by PAGES and the Mountain Research Initiative (MRI), and focusing on climatic variability in the Carpathian-Balkan region (CarpathianBalkan Workshop, CBW2011, Suceava, Romania) was an early and successful attempt to create a network of paleoscientists in the region (Mîndrescu 2012). An initial product from this new network was a special volume in Quaternary International on the advances in Pleistocene and Holocene climate changes research from the Carpathian-Balkan region (Veres and Mîndrescu 2013).
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