GLY 6932

Fall 2007

Williamson Hall 210

Times: Tuesday 11:45-12:35

Thursday: 10:40-12:35

Mark Brenner (Geological Sciences)

Williamson Hall 203

392-7226

brenner@ufl.edu

Office Hours: Wednesday 1:00-3:00 PM

1) What is paleolimnology?

a) questions that can be addressed

b) applied and theoretical issues

c) the watershed concept

d) autochthonous versus allochthonous materials

2) Designing paleolimnological investigations

a) picking core sites

b) coring devices

c) sample handling in the field and lab

d) subsampling

3) Sediment chronology

a) ²¹⁰Pb dating

b) ¹⁴C dating

c) ¹³⁷Cs marker

d) pollen zones

e) volcanic ash

f) other stratigraphic markers (natural and anthropogenic)

g) sedimentation rates

4) Physical characteristics

a) density

b) laminations (varves)

c) lithology

d) erosion/transport/deposition

5) Biogeochemistry

a) nutrients

b) metals

c) biogenic silica

d) pigments

6) Diagenesis

7) Stable isotopes

a) carbon, nitrogen, oxygen

b) applications to eutrophication, climate, hydrology studies

8) Microfossils

a) pollen, spores

b) diatoms

c) animal microfossils

d) pH, productivity, climate inferences

9) Pollutants (toxics/radioisotopes)

10) Case studies

a) trophic state changes (cultural eutrophication)

b) climate change

c) anthropogenic impacts on vegetation

d) lake acidification

e) heavy metals (Pb, Hg)

11) Lake management and restoration

Lectures, readings and discussion (student-led)

Paper (project, review paper, or proposal) and presentation