Global Change in the Holocene

Anson Mackay is Reader in Environmental Change at University College London, UK Rick Battarbee is Professor of Environmental Change at University College London, UK John Birks is Professor in Quantitative Ecology & Palaeoecology at the University of Bergen, Norway and Visiting Professor of Quaternary Palaeoecology at University College London, UK Frank Oldfield is Emeritus Professor of Geography at the University of Liverpool, UK

• Frank Oldfield Introduction: the Holocene, a special timeRaymond S. Bradley Climate forcing during the HolocenePaul J. Valdes An introduction to climate modelling of the HoloceneStepehen Shennan Holocene climate and human populations: an archaeological approachH.E. Wright Jr & Joanna Thorpe Climatic change and the origin of agriculture in the Near EastJon R. Pilcher Radiocarbon dating and environmental radiocarbon studiesMichael G.L. Baillie & David M. Brown Dendrochronology and the reconstruction of fine-resolution environmental change in the HoloceneBernd Zolitschka Dating based on freshwater- and marine-laminated sedimentsH.John B. Birks Quantitative palaeoenvironmental reconstructions from Holocene biological dataMelanie J. Leng Stable isotopes in lakes and lake sediment archivesPhil D. Jones & Ray Thompson Instrumental RecordsPeter Brimblecombe Documentary recordsK. Briffa & E. Cooke DendroclimatologyJulia Cole Holocene coral records: windows in tropical climate variabilityMark Maslin, Jennifer Pike, Catherine Stickley & Virginia Ettwein Evidence of Holocene climate variability in marine sedimentsKeith E. Barber & Dan J. Charman Holocene palaeoclimate records from peatlandsSherilyn C. Fritz Lacustrine perspectives on Holocene climateStein-Erik Lauritzen Reconstructing Holocene climate records from speleothemsAtle Nesje & Svein Olaf Dahl Glaciers as indicators of Holocene climate changeDavid A. Fisher & Roy M. Koerner Holocene ice core climate history: a multi-variable approachAnson Mackay, Vivienne J. Jones & Richard W. Battarbee Approached to Holocene climate reconstruction using diatomsJonathan A. Holmes & Daniel R. Engstrom Non-marine ostracod records of Holocene environmental changeStephen J. Brooks Chironomid analysis to interpret and quantify Holocene climate changeHilary H. Birks & H.John B. Birks Reconstructing Holocene climates from pollen and plant macrofossilsAntoni Rosell-Melé Biomarkers as proxies of climate changeAndre F. Lotter Multi-proxy climatic reconstructionsMark Bush Holocene climates of the lowland tropical forestsLouis Scott The Holocene and middle latitude arid areasIan D. Goodwin Unravelling climatic influences on late Holocene sea-level variabilityMartin Claussen Simulation of Holocene climate change using climate-system models

An excellent book by key researchers presenting the 'state of the art' in their respective fields.Petra Dark, University of Reading, UKThis book will be an informative and cutting-edge resource for all researchers in the fields of climatic change, environmental science, geography, palaeoecology and archaeology.CAB AbstractsThe suite of expert authors is impressive and they have done a remarkable job in presenting their often sophisticated approaches clearly and succinctly. Even the experienced specialist may well find inspiration for new hypotheses to test.Boreas'Global Change in the Holocene,' can be highly recommended as essential reading for all those interested in the science of Holocene environmental change. The book provides a state-of-the-art, interdisciplinary guide to this research field, the hour of which has truly come.The Holocene