Late-Holocene Climate Variability in Southern New Zealand: A reconstruction of regional climate from an annually laminated sediment sequence from Lake Ohau

• Main Author: Roop, Heidi Anne (11704823)
• Format: Thesis
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2015
• Subjects: Climatology (excl. Climate Change Processes); Sedimentology; Stratigraphy (incl. Biostratigraphy and Sequence Stratigraphy); Palaeoclimatology; Quaternary Environments; Surface Processes; Varves; Climate change; Lake Ohau; School: School of Geography; Environment and Earth Sciences; 040105 Climatology (excl. Climate Change Processes); 040310 Sedimentology; 040311 Stratigraphy (incl. Biostratigraphy and Sequence Stratigraphy); 040605 Palaeoclimatology; 040606 Quaternary Environments; 040607 Surface Processes; 970104 Expanding Knowledge in the Earth Sciences; Degree Discipline: Geology; Degree Level: Doctoral; Degree Name: Doctor of Philosophy; Antarctic; The Antarctic; Austral; Pacific; New Zealand; Pacific Point; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.26686/wgtn.17012969.v1

This research aims to improve understanding of synoptic climate systems influencing southern New Zealand and document changes in the intensity and frequency of these systems beyond the historical record by analyzing a 1,350-year annually laminated sediment sequence recovered from Lake Ohau, South Is...