The high resolution data about environmental history like climate, sea level, vegetation changes and natural disasters under the most reliable varve chronology will be discussed in relation to the development of human history and the rise and fall of civilizations.
From the Contents: Introduction.- The longest varve chronology from Lake Suigetsu: cutting-edge research on varved sediments in Japan.- Synchronizing all the varve clocks in the world.- Mid-latitude climatic changes.- Environmental reconstruction on a human time scale.