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16 Jan 2013
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Climate, people, fire and vegetation: new insights into vegetation dynamics in the Eastern Mediterranean since the 1st century AD
J. Bakker
Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Leuven, Celestijnenlaan 200E, P.O. Box 2409, 3001 Heverlee, Belgium
Center for Archaeological Sciences, University of Leuven, Celestijnenlaan 200E, P.O. Box 2408, 3001 Heverlee, Belgium
E. Paulissen
Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Leuven, Celestijnenlaan 200E, P.O. Box 2409, 3001 Heverlee, Belgium
D. Kaniewski
Center for Archaeological Sciences, University of Leuven, Celestijnenlaan 200E, P.O. Box 2408, 3001 Heverlee, Belgium
Université de Toulouse, UPS, INPT, EcoLab (Laboratoire d'Ecologie Fonctionnelle), 29 rue Jeanne Marvig, 31055 Toulouse, France
J. Poblome
Sagalassos Archaeological Research Project, University of Leuven, Blijde Inkomststraat 21, P.O. Box 3314, 3000 Leuven, Belgium
V. De Laet
Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Leuven, Celestijnenlaan 200E, P.O. Box 2409, 3001 Heverlee, Belgium
Center for Archaeological Sciences, University of Leuven, Celestijnenlaan 200E, P.O. Box 2408, 3001 Heverlee, Belgium
G. Verstraeten
Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Leuven, Celestijnenlaan 200E, P.O. Box 2409, 3001 Heverlee, Belgium
Center for Archaeological Sciences, University of Leuven, Celestijnenlaan 200E, P.O. Box 2408, 3001 Heverlee, Belgium
M. Waelkens
Sagalassos Archaeological Research Project, University of Leuven, Blijde Inkomststraat 21, P.O. Box 3314, 3000 Leuven, Belgium
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EGUsphere, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2023-2693, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2023-2693, 2023
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We assess if a simplistic model can simulate the timing of soil erosion and sediment transport (delivery) in several small agricultural catchments in North-West Europe. The findings show that the loss of soil in fields and the delivery of sediment to streams are related in complex (non-linear) ways through time which impact our knowledge of soil redistribution. Furthermore, we show how adaptations of simplistic models can be used to reveal the missing processes which require future developments.
Ward Swinnen, Nils Broothaerts, and Gert Verstraeten
Biogeosciences, 18, 6181–6212, https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-18-6181-2021, https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-18-6181-2021, 2021
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Here we present a new modelling framework specifically designed to simulate alluvial peat growth, taking into account the river dynamics. The results indicate that alluvial peat growth is strongly determined by the number, spacing and movement of the river channels in the floodplain, rather than by environmental changes or peat properties. As such, the amount of peat that can develop in a floodplain is strongly determined by the characteristics and dynamics of the local river network.
Ward Swinnen, Nils Broothaerts, and Gert Verstraeten
Biogeosciences, 16, 3977–3996, https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-16-3977-2019, https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-16-3977-2019, 2019
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In this study, a new model is presented, which was specifically designed to study the development and carbon storage of blanket peatlands since the last ice age. In the past, two main processes (declining forest cover and rising temperatures) have been proposed as drivers of blanket peatland development on the British Isles. The simulations performed in this study support the temperature hypothesis for the blanket peatlands in the Cairngorms Mountains of central Scotland.
David Kaniewski, Nick Marriner, Rachid Cheddadi, Joël Guiot, and Elise Van Campo
Clim. Past, 14, 1529–1542, https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-14-1529-2018, https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-14-1529-2018, 2018
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Studies have long suggested that a protracted drought phase, termed the 4.2 ka BP event, directly impacted subsistence systems (dry farming agro-production, pastoral nomadism, and fishing) and outlying nomad habitats, forcing rain-fed cereal agriculturalists into habitat-tracking when agro-innovations were not available. Here, we focus on this crucial period to examine whether drought was active in the eastern Mediterranean Old World, especially in the Levant.
T. Hoffmann, S. M. Mudd, K. van Oost, G. Verstraeten, G. Erkens, A. Lang, H. Middelkoop, J. Boyle, J. O. Kaplan, J. Willenbring, and R. Aalto
Earth Surf. Dynam., 1, 45–52, https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-1-45-2013, https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-1-45-2013, 2013
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Odile Peyron, Nathalie Combourieu-Nebout, David Brayshaw, Simon Goring, Valérie Andrieu-Ponel, Stéphanie Desprat, Will Fletcher, Belinda Gambin, Chryssanthi Ioakim, Sébastien Joannin, Ulrich Kotthoff, Katerina Kouli, Vincent Montade, Jörg Pross, Laura Sadori, and Michel Magny
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This paper serves as a guide to high-quality pollen records in South America that capture environmental variability during the last 2 millennia. We identify the pollen records suitable for climate modelling and discuss their sensitivity to the spatial signature of climate modes. Furthermore, evidence for human land use in pollen records is useful for archaeological hypothesis testing and important in distinguishing natural from anthropogenically driven vegetation change.
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Clim. Past, 12, 415–427, https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-12-415-2016, https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-12-415-2016, 2016
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Clim. Past, 12, 273–297, https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-12-273-2016, https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-12-273-2016, 2016
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Clim. Past, 12, 129–136, https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-12-129-2016, https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-12-129-2016, 2016
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Clim. Past, 11, 835–853, https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-11-835-2015, https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-11-835-2015, 2015
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