Paleoclimatology

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Paleoclimatology

• reconstructing past environments using proxy
  records
• Stratigraphic records
• Ice cores
• Ocean and lake sediments
• Historical Documentary Data
• Paintings
• Post cards

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Ice Cores
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Tree Rings
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On December 25 of 1776, George Washington,
accompanied by a small army of 2500, crossed the
ice-clogged Delaware River for a surprise attack
on the British
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Rhone Glacier in Switzerland in the early 1800's,
during the Little Ice Age.
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Post cards
Rhone Glacier, 1906
Rhone Glacier, 2000
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Photographic Data
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Geologic Evidence
The Provo shoreline appears as a horizontal
bench, formed by wave action.
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Utah Today
Lake Bonneville, 15,000 BP
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Paintings

• Camuffo, D., 2001 Canaletto's paintings open a
  new window on the relative sea level rise in
  Venice. Journal of Cultural Heritage 4, 227-281.

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Geologic Data
Moraine debris marking terminal position of
glacier