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XVI INQUA Congress

Session No. 84
Wednesday, 30 July 2003: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM

S24. Environmental Catastrophes and Recovery in the Holocene

Holocene Commission; Neotectonics Commission, Commission on Sea-Level Changes and Coastal Evolution

 

Suzanne Leroy and Iain Stewart, Conveners
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8:00 AM
Introductory Remarks
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8:10 AM
ARE AN EARLY BYZANTINE SEISMIC EVENT AND THE END OF THE BEYSEHIR OCCUPATION PHASE LINKED?
LEROY, Suzanne A.G.1, KAZANCI, Nizamettin2, EMRE, Omer3, ILERI, Ozden4, SCHWALB, Antje5, STEWART, Iain, ONCEL, Salim2 and COSTA, Pedro1, (1)Geography and Earth Sciences, Brunel Univ, Uxbridge, UB8 3PH, United Kingdom, (2)Gebze Yuksek Teknoloji Enstitüsü, Gebze, Kocaeli, 41400, Turkey, (3)Department of Geological Research, MTA, Anakara, 06520, Turkey, (4)Maden ve Tetkik Arama Genel Mudurlugu, Ankara, 06535, Turkey, (5)Institut für Geowissenschaften, Technische Universität Braunschweig, Pockelsstrasse 3, Braunschweig, 38106, Germany, suzanne.leroy@brunel.ac.uk, suzanne.leroy@brunel.ac.uk
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8:30 AM
HOLOCENE CATASTROPHIC COASTAL EVOLUTION RELEVANT TO VOLCANIC ACTIVITIES IN SOUTHERN KYUSHU VOLCANIC FIELDS, SOUTH JAPAN
MORIWAKI, Hiroshi, Faculty of Law, Economics and Humanities, Kagoshima Univ, 1-21-30 Korimoto, Kagoshima, 890-0065, Japan, morih@leh.kagoshima-u.ac.jp, morih@leh.kagoshima-u.ac.jp
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8:50 AM
PROBLEMS OF SCALE: EVALUATING THE EFFECTS OF VOLCANIC DISASTERS ON CULTURAL CHANGE IN WEST NEW BRITAIN, PAPUA NEW GUINEA
TORRENCE, Robin, Anthropology, Australian Museum, 6 College Street, Sydney, NSW 2010, Australia, robint@austmus.gov.au, robint@austmus.gov.au
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9:10 AM
HOLOCENE ABRUPT CLIMATE CHANGES: ALTERING THE TRAJECTORY OF HISTORY
WEISS, Harvey, Anthropology and Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, Yale Univ, Hall of Graduate Studies, B13, New Haven, CT 01002, harvey.weiss@yale.edu, harvey.weiss@yale.edu
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9:30 AM
DYNAMICS OF CATASTROPHIC COLLAPSE AND RECOVERY OF EGYPTIAN CIVILIZATION 2200-2000 BC
HASSAN, Fekri A, Institute of Archaeology, Univ College London, 31-34 Gordon Square, London, WC1H 0PY, United Kingdom, f.hassan@ucl.ac.uk, f.hassan@ucl.ac.uk
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9:50 AM
VULNERABILITY OF THE GLOBAL AGRICULTURAL ECONOMY TO VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS: LESSONS FROM TAMBORA
VEROSUB, Kenneth L., Geology, Univ of California - Davis, One Shields Ave, Davis, CA 95616 and DELUSINA, Irina, Geology Dept, Univ. of California, Davis, One Shields Ave, Davis, CA 95616, verosub@geology.ucdavis.edu, verosub@geology.ucdavis.edu
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10:10 AM
CAUSES AND PRINCIPLES OF THE CATASTROPHIC, LARGE-SCALE DEMISE OF HEMLOCK (TSUGA CANADENSIS) AND ELM (ULMUS SPEC.) ON THE NORTHERN HEMISPHERE AROUND 3700 BC
HAAS, Jean Nicolas, Department of Botany, Univ of Innsbruck, Sternwartestrasse 15, Innsbruck, 6020, Austria, jean-nicolas.haas@uibk.ac.at, jean-nicolas.haas@uibk.ac.at
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10:30 AM
HOLOCENE CLIMATE CHANGE IN THE TROPICS: EVIDENCE OF ABRUPT CLIMATE CHANGE PAST AND PRESENT
THOMPSON, Lonnie G.1, BRECHER, Henry2, DAVIS, Mary E.2, LEON, Blanca3, LES, Don4, LIN, Ping-Nan2, MASHIOTTA, Tracy2, MOSLEY-THOMPSON, Ellen2 and MOUNTAIN, Keith5, (1)Department of Geological Sciences, The Ohio State Univ, 108 Scott Hall, 1090 Carmack Road, Columbus, OH 43210, (2)Byrd Polar Research Center, The Ohio State Univ, 108 Scott Hall, 1090 Carmack Road, Columbus, OH 43210, (3)Herbarium, Plant Rscs Ctr, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712, (4)Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, The Univ of Connecticut, Storrs, CT 06269, (5)Department of Geography and Geosciences, Univ of Louisville, Louisville, KY 40292, thompson.3@osu.edu, thompson.3@osu.edu
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10:50 AM
HOLOCENE HISTORY OF CATASTROPHIC HURRICANES AND FIRES ALONG THE U.S. GULF COAST
LIU, Kam-biu, Department of Geography and Anthropology, Louisiana State Univ, 227 Howe-Russell Geoscience Complex, Baton Rouge, LA 70803-4105, kliu1@lsu.edu, kliu1@lsu.edu
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11:10 AM
ABSOLUTE DATING OF THE CLIMATIC EVENT IN THE 6'TH CENTURY
LARSEN, Lars Berg and CLAUSEN, Henrik B., Department of Geophysics, Univ of Copenhagen, Juliane Maries Vej 30, Copenhagen, 2100 OE, Denmark, lbl@gfy.ku.dk, lbl@gfy.ku.dk
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11:30 AM
CLASTERING OF EXTREME RAINFALLS AND RECOVERY OF GEOMORPHIC SYSTEMS
STARKEL, L., Department of Geomorphology, Inst. of Geography, Pol. Acad. Sc, ul. Sw. Jana 22, Kraków, 31-018, Poland, starkel@zg.pan.krakow.pl, starkel@zg.pan.krakow.pl
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11:50 AM
GEOLOGY OF A CATASTROPHE - THE WHEN AND WHERE OF THE BLACK SEA FLOOD
YANKO-HOMBACH, Valentina, Avalon Institute of Applied Sci, Charleswood Technology Centre, 3227 Roblin Boulevard, Winnipeg, MB R3R 0C2, Canada and TSCHEPALIGA, Andrei, Institute of Geography, Russian Academy of Sci, 29, Staromonetniy per, Moscow, 109017, Russia, valyan@avalon-institute.org, valyan@avalon-institute.org
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