New Book Series: Developments in Paleoenvironmental Research

Kluwer Academic Publishers, in cooperation with book series co-editors John P. Smol and William M. Last, have established a new book series called: Developments in Paleoenvironmental Research.

The Aims and Scope of this new books series: Paleoenvironmental research continues to enjoy tremendous interest and progress in the scientific community. The overall aims and scope of the Developments in Paleoenvironmental Research book series is to capture this excitement and document these developments. Volumes related to any aspect of paleoenvironmental research, encompassing any time period, are within the scope of the series. For example, relevant topics include studies focused on terrestrial, peatland, lacustrine, riverine, estuarine, and marine systems, ice cores, cave deposits, palynology, isotopes, geochemistry, sedimentology, paleontology, etc. Methodological and taxonomic volumes relevant to paleoenvironmental research are also encouraged. The series will include edited volumes on a particular subject, geographic region, or time period, conference and workshop proceedings, as well as monographs. Prospective authors and/or editors should consult the series editors for more details. The series editors also welcome any comments or suggestions for future volumes.

The first four volumes (a new series of handbooks for paleolimnological research) are now being published:

• Last, W. M., and J. P. Smol, [Editors]. 2001. Tracking Environmental Change Using Lake Sediments. Volume 1: Basin Analysis, Coring, and Chronological Techniques. Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht.
• Last, W. M., and J. P. Smol, [Editors]. 2001. Tracking Environmental Change Using Lake Sediments. Volume 2: Physical and Geochemical Methods. Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht.
• Smol, J. P., H. J. B. Birks, and W. L. Last, [Editors]. 2001. Tracking Environmental Change Using Lake Sediments. Volume 3: Terrestrial, Algal, and Siliceous Indicators. Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht.
• Smol, J. P., H. J. B. Birks, and W. M. Last, [Editors]. 2001. Tracking Environmental Change Using Lake Sediments. Volume 4: Zoological Indicators. Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht.

For more information on the Series, as well as a listing of chapters in the first four volumes, please visit the web site at: http://home.cc.umanitoba.ca/~mlast/paleolim/monotitles.html or contact: John Smol and/or Bill Last.