Day 1 - Monday 23 May

Opening ceremony

9:00-9:05

Welcome

Daniel Veres and Marcel Mindrescu

9:05-9:20

Welcoming address by the management of USAMV and invited guests

Session 1 - Coordinated Global change research. Chaired by: Sheri Fritz and Daniel Veres

9:20-9:40

Enhanced cooperation among climate and paleoclimate communities with specific opportunities for the Pannonian Basin

David Carlson

9:40-10:00

Coordinated global change research – the ICSU perspective

Kari Raivio

10:00-10:20

PAGES and the paleoscience community

Marie-France Loutre

10:20-10:40

PAGES 2k - Overview of recent products and progress

Michael Evans and the PAGES 2k Working Groups

10:40-11:10

Coffee Break - Poster session

11:10-11:30

Arctic Holocene paleoclimate synthesis - a PAGES endorsed project

Darrell Kaufman and the PAGES 2k Working Groups

11:30-11:50

PMIP4 simulations: what is new?

Pascale Braconnot

Session 2 - The climate system from a paleo perspective. Chaired by: Katrin Meissner and Liping Zhou

11:50-12:10

Radiocarbon dated late-glacial Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) chronology from Central Poland

Marek Krąpiec, Elżbieta Szychowska-Krąpiec, Joanna Barniak, Danuta J. Michczyńska, Adam Michczyński, Jacek Pawlyta, Natalia Piotrowska, Tomasz Goslar and Bogusława Waliszewska

12:10-12:30

The Crvenka loess-paleosol sequence (Vojvodina, Northern Serbia)- a record of continuous domination of the Late Pleistocene grasslands

Slobodan Markovic, Pál Sümegi, Thomas Stevens, Igor Obreht, Wei Chu, Björn Buggle, Michael Zech, Roland Zech, Ulrich Hambach, Frank Lehmkuhl, Christian Zeeden, Milivoj Gavrilov, Zorica Svircev

12:30-12:50

Radiocarbon dated malacological records of two Late Pleistocene loess-paleosol sequences from SW-Hungary: paleoecological inferences

Dávid Molnár, Pál Sümegi, István Fekete, Amy Prendergast, Balázs P. Sümegi

12:50-13:10

Refining the Quaternary Geomagnetic Instability Time Scale: The Laschamp Excursion Dated from a Speleothem Record

Ioan Lascu

13:10-14:40

Lunch

14:40-15:00

Reconstructed and simulated temperature asymmetry between continents in both hemispheres over the last centuries

Hugues Goosse

15:00-15:20

Reflection of climatic changes during Interpleniglacial in geoecosystems of Southern Poland

Michczyńska Danuta J., Leszek Starkel and Piotr Gębica

15:20-15:40

Towards multi-proxy based millennial time scales in Late Pleistocene Danubian Loess-Palaeosol Sequences

Ulrich Hambach, Christian Zeeden, Daniel Veres, Igor Obreht, Slobodan B. Marković, Peter Fischer and Frank Lehmkuhl

15:40-16:00

Processes and controlling factors of lacustrine sedimentary dynamics over the last ~6000 years in Lake Ighiel, Apuseni Mts, Romania

Aritina Haliuc, Daniel Veres, Katalin Hubay, Robert Begy, Achim Brauer, Simon M. Hutchinson and Mihaly Braun

16:00-16:30

Coffee Break - Poster session

16:30-16:50

Millennial-scale changes in temperature during Termination 1: a case study from the western South Atlantic and the adjacent continent

Cristiano Chiessi, S. Mulitza, G. Mollenhauer, J. B. Silva, J. Groeneveld, and M. Prange

16:50-17:10

A 1500 year aeolian history as recorded in a peat bog from northern Romania: dust fluxes and deposition control in comparison with Western Europe

Andrei Marian Panait, Simon Mark Hutchinson, Ioan Tanţău, Andrei Cosmin Diaconu and Angelica Feurdean

17:10-17:30

Three climatic cycles recorded in a loess-palaeosol sequence at Semlac (Romania) – implications for dust accumulation in the Carpathian Basin and the northern Hemisphere

Christian Zeeden, Hambach, U., Kels, H., Schulte, P., Eckmeier, E., Marković, S.B., Klasen, N. and Lehmkuhl, F.

17:30-17:50

A MIS 5e high-altitude speleothem δ13C-δ18O record from the Romanian Carpathians

Virgil Drăgușin, Hoffmann D. L., Ersek V., Vereş D., Perșoiu A., Nagavciuc V. and Bădăluţă C.

17:50-18:10

Monsoon-driven paleoproductivity changes in the central Red Sea during MIS 4 - MIS 6

Lóránd Silye, Michael Siccha and Michal Kučera

18:10-18:30

Tracing the influence of Mediterranean climate on Southeast Europe during the past 350,000 years

Igor Obreht, Christian Zeeden, Ulrich Hambach, Daniel Veres, Slobodan B. Marković, Janina Bösken, Nikola Bačević, Milivoj B. Gavrilov and Frank Lehmkuhl

Day 2 - Tuesday 24 May

Session 3 - Landscapes, biota and biosphere interactions. Chaired by: Lindsey Gillson and Gabriela Florescu

9:00-9:20

Vegetation dynamics and plant species distribution under changing climates

Willy Tinner

9:20-9:40

Community- and population-level response of marine plankton to stress exposure: learning from the past

Michal Kucera and Manuel F.G. Weinkauf

9:40-10:00

Late Pleistocene vegetational history and ecosystem variability in the karst areas of Ukraine, based on palaeontological studies of cave deposits

Natalia Gerasimenko, Bogdan Ridush and Yulia Avdeyenko

10:00-10:20

Our way to Europe: Research for a better understanding of human dispersal

Frank Schabitz and the CRC806 team

10:20-10:40

Landscapes and Paleolandscapes in south-eastern Europe during Late Quaternary and their relevance for human habitats and dispersal

Frank Lehmkuhl, Christian Zeeden, Thomas Hauck, Janina Bösken, Igor Obreht, Ulrich Hambach, Slobodan Marković and Daniel Veres

10:40-11:20

Coffee Break - Poster session

Session 5 - Outreach - communicating past global change research to stakeholders. Chaired by: Marie-France Loutre and Marcel Mindrescu

11:20-11:40

What can we learn about the 1.5°C global warming target from the past

Hubertus Fischer

11:40-12:00

Past and future climate projections and their relevance for human society – a journey in time

Roxana Bojariu

Sessions 4 and 6 - Interactions between humans and the environment and Thresholds and extremes as examples of PAGES’ integrative activities. Chaired by: Asfawossen Asrat and Peter Gell

12:00-12:20

Climate change and human occupation in the hyperarid core of the Atacama Desert

Claudio Latorre, Calogero Santoro, Eugenia M. Gayó, José Capriles, Paula Ugalde & Pablo Marquet

12:20-12:40

Anthropogenic impact and environmental pollution over Southeastern Europe during the last 8000 years

Daniel Veres, Jack Longman, Catherine Chauvel, Zachary Atlas, Aritina Haliuc, Vasile Ersek, Cãlin Gabriel Tãmaș, Florin Gogâltan, Eniko Magyari, Robert Begy and Frank Schäbitz

12:40-13:00

Palaeoecological assessment of prehistoric and historic human impact in the high elevation areas of the Northern Carpathians, Romania

Gabriela Florescu, Simon M. Hutchinson, Marcel Mîndrescu, Mihaly Braun and Angelica Feurdean

13:00-14:30

Lunch

14:30-14:50

What can long term data contribute to the “Land-sharing versus Land Sparing” debate?

Lindsey Gillson

14:50-15:10

Advances in fire history research and their application for ecosystem management and conservation

Cathy Whitlock and Willy Tinner

15:10-15:30

Anthropic signature on the Danube delta evolution and Danube mouths dynamics

Alfred Vespremeanu-Stroe, Luminiţa Preoteasa, Florin Tătui, Florin Zăinescu

15:30-15:50

Remotely Sensing the Ancient Interactions between Humans and the Environment during the Roman Period at Porolissum

Anamaria Roman, Tudor Mihai Ursu, Sorina Fărcaş, Vlad Andrei Lăzărescu and Coriolan Horaţiu Opreanu

15:50-16:40

Coffee Break - Poster session

16:40-17:00

From the Neolithic to the Anthropocene: humans and depositional processes in Iberian mountain watersheds

Blas Valero-Garcès, Fernando Barreiro-Lostres, Ana Moreno, Penélope González-Sampériz, Graciela Gil-Romera

17:00-17:20

Paleolimnological record of the climate and pre-historic settlement from chalk karst region (Chełm Hills, SE Poland)

Magdalena Suchora

17:20-17:40

Landscape transformations and archaeological settlements in the Upper Danube Delta during Early to Middle Holocene: a palaeoecological insight

Laurent Carozza, Jean-Michel Carozza, Erwan Messager, Mihaela Danu, Albane Burens and Cristian Micu

17:40-18:00

A first record of mass wasting events in peat records from the Romanian Carpathians throughout the late Holocene

Jack Longman, V. Ersek, D. Veres, U. Salzmann

18:00-18:30

Discussion on science opportunities for Romania and for PAGES

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Name

Title

All authors

1

Bormann Marc

Vegetation and climate history in the Carpathians during MIS 3-2 — a multi-proxy study of a sediment sequence from Mohoş crater, Romania

Marc Bormann, Maria Papadopoulou, Daniel Veres, Sabine Wulf, Nicole Klasen, Katalin Hubay, Volker Wennrich, Stephan Opitz, Enikö Magyari, Kostas Panagiotopoulos, Dávid Karátson, Frank Schäbitz

2

Bösken Janina

Paleoenvironmental anaysis of two loess profiles at the Ságvár Lyukas Hill in western Hungary

Janina Bösken, Christian Zeeden, Pál Sümegi, Nicole Klasen, Frank Lehmkuhl 

3

Brad Traian

Fungi in perennial cave ice

Traian Brad, Corina Ițcuș, Mădălina-Denisa Pascu, Aurel Perșoiu, Alexandra Hillebrand-Voiculescu, Cristina Purcărea

4

Braun Mihály

Coring and chronology of Mohoș peat bog, East Carpathians

Braun Mihály, Hubay Katalin, Harangi Sándor, Palcsu László, Túri Marianna, Molnár Mihály

5

Danu Mihaela

Interactions between humans and environment in Middle Holocene: comparative study of two Chalcolithic sites to the East of Carpathians

Mihaela Danu, George Bodi, Luminita Bejenaru

6

Diaconu Andrei Cosmin

Using testate amoebae to infer Holocene palaeohydrological history in the Northern Carpathians, Romania

Andrei Cosmin Diaconu, Ioan Tanţău, Mariusz Lamentowicz, Andrei Panait, Eliza Kuske, Angelica Feurdean

7

Fiłoc Magdalena

Environment changes in middle Holocene – evidence from two small dystrophic lakes in the Wigry National Park, NE Poland

Magdalena Fiłoc, Mirosława Kupryjanowicz, Krystyna Szeroczyńska, Magdalena Suchora, Monika Rzepniewska

8

Florescu Gabriela

Fire as a driver of ecosystem dynamics in Central and Eastern Europe throughout the Lateglacial and Holocene

Gabriela Florescu, Angelica Feurdean

9

Forray Ferenc L. 

Bat guano δ13C and δ15N values as climate proxy

Ferenc L. Forray, Bogdan P. Onac, Daniel M. Cleary, Jonathan G. Wynn

10

Gachev Emil

Rock glacier lakes – A distinct lake subtype: A case study at Hridsko Jezero (Bogicevica Mountain, Montenegro)

Emil Gachev, Predrag Djurović

11

Gikov Alexander

Rock glaciers in the Bulgarian high mountains

Alexander Gikov, Petar Dimitrov

12

Holobâca Iulian

Changes in the precipitation variability in Romania and its Relation to the Circulation Weather Types

Iulian-Horia Holobâcă, Dănuț Petrea, Raularian Rusu

13

Hubay Katalin

Chronology and inorganic geochemistry of four sediment sequences from the Retezat Mts, South Carpathians (Romania)

Katalin Hubay, Mihály Molnár, Ildikó Orbán, Mihály Braun, Enikő Magyari

14

Kholiavchuk Dariia

Inter-annual fluctuations in the internal climate variability of the Eastern Carpathians foreland

Dariia Kholiavchuk

15

Longman Jack

Base metal pollution as a result of historical ore smelting in the Romanian Carpathians throughout the Holocene

J.Longman, D.Veres , V.Ersek, C. Chauvel, U.Salzmann  

16

Maha Ahmed Mohamed Abdallah

Lake Maryout is a Substantiation for Environmental Destruction 

Maha Ahmed Mohamed Abdallah

17

Margielewski Włodzimierz

The development of gravitational caves versus periods of mass movement intensification during the humid phases of the Late Glacial and the Holocene: study of dated speleothems and slope deposits (Polish Outer Carpathians)

Włodzimierz Margielewski, Jan Urban, Valentina Zernitskaya, Karel Żak

18

Margielewski Włodzimierz

The Late Glacial and Early Holocene palaeoenvironmental changes recorded in landslide peat bog (landslide fen) deposits in the northern parts of the Polish Outer Carpathians (Southern Poland)

Włodzimierz Margielewski, Andrzej Obidowicz, Valentina Zernitskaya, Katarzyna Korzeń

19

Mărgărint Mihai Ciprian

Using high resolution LIDAR DEM to reconstruct historical network of lakes and wetlands in the Northern part of the Moldavian Plateau, NE Romania

Mihai Ciprian Mărgărint, Mihai Niculiţă

20

Michczyńska Danuta J.

Palaeoenvironmental changes of Orawa-Nowy Targ Basin in the Late Glacial and Holocene recorded in sediments of Grel raised bog

Danuta J. Michczyńska, Włodzimierz Margielewski, Katarzyna Korzeń, Adam Michczyński, Ryszard K. Borówka, Julita Tomkowiak, Andrzej Obidowicz

21

Mindrescu Marcel

Linking glacial deposits and lake sediments for paleoclimate reconstruction in the Northern Romanian Carpathians

Mindrescu Marcel, Anselmetti Flavio, Zamosteanu Andrei, Naki Akcar, Sally Lowick

22

Molnár Dávid 

Paleoclimatic and paleoenvironmental fluctuations inferred for the Middle and Late Pleniglacial transition and Late Pleniglacial (MIS3/MIS2 and MIS2) based on high-resolution (ca. 35 and 70 years) complex sedimentological and paleoecological data from the loess profile of Katymár brickyard (Hungary)

Sümegi Pál, Molnár Dávid, Náfrádi Katalin, Törőcsik Tünde, Persaits Gergő, Sümegi Balázs Pál, Bíró Nikoletta, Tapody Réka, Molnár Mihály, Vandeberghe Jeff, Liping Zhou

23

Németh Alexandra 

Petrographical comparison of four recent stalagmites from Baradla Cave Hungary - implications for the paleoclimate interpretation

Alexandra Németh, Attila Demény, György Czuppon, Zoltán Kern, Szabolcs Leél-Őssy, Mihály Molnár

24

Niculiță Mihai

Pleistocene landslides in the Moldavian Plateau, Eastern Romania

Niculiță Mihai, Mărgărint Ciprian Mihai, Santangelo Michele

25

Plesiński Karol

Adjustment of the river channel due to block ramps introduction: Porębianka mountain creek, Polish Carpathians

Karol Plesiński, Artur Radecki-Pawlik

26

Popescu Razvan

Rock glaciers evolution in Late Glacial and Holocene inferred from the new palaeoclimatic data

Răzvan Popescu, Alfred Vespremeanu-Stroe, Nicolae Cruceru, Olimpiu Pop

27

Ridush Bogdan

New Middle Pleistocene records from the North-East foothills of Carpathian Mountains

Bogdan Ridush, Yana Popiuk, Oksana Nykolyn

28

Robu Marius

Cave sediments and fossils as karst archives: the Urșilor and Muierilor caves, Romania

Marius Robu, Ionuţ-Cornel Mirea, Alexandru Petculescu, Marius Kenesz, Cristian-Mihai Munteanu, Razvan Arghir, Luchiana Faur, Silviu Constantin

29

Sekeryapan Ceran

Non-marine Ostracoda in Sağlık plain, Kahramanmaraş, Turkey, since the Late Glacial to mid-Holocene

Ceran Sekeryapan, Harm Jan Streurman, Johannes Van Der Plicht, Henk Woldring

30

Timar-Gabor Alida

Optically stimulated luminescence dating techniques and multi-proxy analysis to quantify the timing of the last two major climatic transitions, as recorded by loess-palaeosol sequences 

Timar-Gabor A., Constantin D., Anechitei-Deacu V., Veres D., Groza S. M., Begy R.C., 1,2, Buylaert J.P., Marković S.B., Hao Q., Guo Z.T.

31

Zeeden Christian

Challenges of loess formation models for the carpathian basin 

Zeeden, C., Marković, S.B., Obreht, I., Hambach, U., Lehmkuhl, F.