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1. Why would you look at a specific site for palaeoenvironment reconstruction

  • you get a snapshot of a particular time and place directly experienced by those occupying the site
  • You can analyse long term sequences of change
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2. d13C values in C3 plants are usually between...

  • -34 and -22 (per mil)
  • -36 and -24 (per mil)
  • -20 and -8 (per mil)
  • -40 and -20 (per mil)

3. with palaeoenvironment reconstruction what can we tell about climate? Temperature, Precipitation, seasonality, aridity and...

  • Forest cover
  • Wind
  • Rain

4. what warm and cold phases in the earth's cycle have marine cores recorded

  • Marine Isotope Stages (MIS)
  • Marine Indigo Stages

5. ice cores have revolutionised our understanding of global climate. Why?

  • they are very effective at giving high definition long term global sequences
  • they have been used to calibrate radiocarbon dates
  • they tell us a lot about local temperature so we can understand human communities living in the polar regions
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