Table of Contents

1: Lakes as Archives of Earth History
2: The Geological Evolution of Lake Basins
3: The Physical Environment of Lakes
4: The Chemical Environment of Lakes
5: The Biological Environment of Lakes
6: Age Determination in Lake Deposits
7: Sedimentological Archives in Lake Deposits
8: Facies Models at the Lake Basin Scale
9: Geochemical Archives in Lake Deposits
10: Paleoecological Archives in Lake Deposits 1: Problems and Methods
11: Paleoecological Archives in Lake Deposits 2: Records from Important Groups
12: Paleolimnology at the Local to Regional Scale: Records of Changing Watersheds and Industrialization
13: Paleolimnology at the Regional to Global Scale: Records of Climate Change
14: Paleolimnology in Deep Time: The Evolution of Lacustrine Ecosystems
15: Paleolimnology: The Past Meets the Future
Glossary
Bibliography
Index

Reviews

This book draws together so much of value that every reader - teacher, student or researcher - will have his or her paleolimnological horizons expanded. It is a one-volume reference work as well as a challenging text. Thank you, Andy Cohen! Limnology and Oceanography Bulletin ... this book is a formidable achievement for which the author must be warmly congratulated. It will take an honoured place as a reference book spanning and uniting a vast range of methodologies and aspects of past environmental change. Journal of Paleolimnology The scope is immense ... The writing is consistently clear and readable and the enthusiasm of the author is apparent throughout. Journal of Paleolimnology