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How to collect a gravity core of surface sediments from a small mountain lake

Courtney C, Bailey-Neale K, Damber M, Lapellegerie P, et al. 2025. “How do scientists research surface sediments from Alpine lakes?” at Lake Muragl (2713 m), GR, Switzerland. 2m:02s. [MP4 video format] Location: Lej Muragl (2713 m asl), GR, Switzerland 11.09.2023 Screenshots: Putting the sample collection into the context of Environmental Change research projects Courtney-Mustaphi CJ, […]

New paper: Spatial variability of recent macroscopic charcoal deposition

Courtney Mustaphi, C.J., Davis, E.L., Perreault, J.T., Pisaric, M.F.J. 2015. Spatial variability of recent macroscopic charcoal deposition in a small montane lake and implications for reconstruction of watershed-scale fire regimes. Journal of Paleolimnology 54 (1): 71–86. DOI: 10.1007/s10933-015-9838-2  [Video summary]

Software for working with compositional data: CoDaPack

Comas-Cufí M, Thió-Henestrosa S. CoDaPack 2.0, 2011. Universitat de Girona. Available at http://ima.udg.edu/codapack/

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Introduction: This page presents key terms related to the study of human-environment interactions. Some terms link to pages that explore and explain further concepts inherent to the multiple scientific disciplines used to study how humans interact with the natural environment around them. This includes historical interactions between humans and their environs, the legacy of those […]

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