Krystyna M Saunders
Biographic Data
| ID | 1542772 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Krystyna M Saunders |
| GIVEN NAMES | Krystyna M |
| FAMILY NAME | Saunders |
| SIGNATURE | SAUNDERS K M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-6800-2630 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 7 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 7 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2005 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Late-Holocene palaeoecological reconstruction of Southern Hemisphere Westerlies variability on Subantarctic Macquarie Island
As the world’s strongest zonal surface winds, changes in the Southern Hemisphere Westerlies (SHW) can profoundly affect atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) concentrations, ocean-cryosphere domains and precipitation patterns in the Southern Hemisphere mid- to high-latitudes. The strengthening and poleward migration of the SHW in the last few decades points to an increase in Southern Ocean ventilation and CO 2 outgassing with significant implication…
A Common Era Tree-Ring Chronology Sensitive to Cool-Season Temperatures for the Southern Hemisphere
Annually resolved multi-millennial records of temperature are rare in the Southern Hemisphere (SH), and even rarer are SH records of cool-season temperature. Here we present a new tree-ring chronology extending back to 42 BCE based on Athrotaxis selaginoides from southern Tasmania. The development of this chronology was complicated by multiple tree-age cohorts and growth classes. Additionally, there was a collapse in sample depth between the mid-…
Colonialism and the environment
Mining has been a major contributor to economic development in Australia since British arrival in the late 1700s, with little to no thought regarding the long-term environmental consequences. This study assesses the metal pollution legacy caused by different smelting methods and mining activities during the British colonialism in western Tasmania. This region was the largest copper producer in the Southern Hemisphere during the 20th century. Lake…
A 950 yr temperature reconstruction from Duckhole Lake, southern Tasmania, Australia
A lack of quantitative high resolution paleoclimate data from the Southern Hemisphere limits the ability to examine current trends within the context of long-term natural climate variability. This study presents a temperature reconstruction for southern Tasmania based on analyses of a sediment core from Duckhole Lake (43.365°S, 146.875°E). The relationship between non-destructive whole core scanning reflectance spectroscopy measurements in the vi…
Ecosystem impacts of feral rabbits on World Heritage sub-Antarctic Macquarie Island
Contiguous multi‐proxy analyses (X‐radiography, diatom, pollen, and microcharcoal) of Holocene archaeological features at Kuk Swamp, Upper Wahgi Valley, Papua New Guinea
Contiguous multi‐proxy analyses (X‐radiography, diatom, pollen, and microcharcoal) have been conducted on the fills of early, mid‐, and mid‐late Holocene features at Kuk Swamp, Upper Wahgi Valley, Papua New Guinea. The features are associated with key periods of archaeological interest: plant exploitation (ca. 10,000 cal yr B.P.), earliest cultivation (6950–6440 cal yr B.P.), and earliest ditches (ca. 4000 cal yr B.P.). The analyses are designed …
Late Quaternary climate-driven environmental change in the Larsemann Hills, East Antarctica, multi-proxy evidence from a lake sediment core
Little is known about the response of terrestrial East Antarctica to climate changes during the last glacial–interglacial cycle. Here we present a continuous sediment record from a lake in the Larsemann Hills, situated on a peninsula believed to have been ice-free for at least 40,000 yr. A mutli-proxy data set including geochronology, diatoms, pigments and carbonate stable isotopes indicates warmer and wetter conditions than present in the early …
Contiguous multi‐proxy analyses (X‐radiography, diatom, pollen, and microcharcoal) of Holocene archaeological features at Kuk Swamp, Upper Wahgi Valley, Papua New Guinea
Contiguous multi‐proxy analyses (X‐radiography, diatom, pollen, and microcharcoal) have been conducted on the fills of early, mid‐, and mid‐late Holocene features at Kuk Swamp, Upper Wahgi Valley, Papua New Guinea. The features are associated with key periods of archaeological interest: plant exploitation (ca. 10,000 cal yr B.P.), earliest cultivation (6950–6440 cal yr B.P.), and earliest ditches (ca. 4000 cal yr B.P.). The analyses are designed …
A 950 yr temperature reconstruction from Duckhole Lake, southern Tasmania, Australia
A lack of quantitative high resolution paleoclimate data from the Southern Hemisphere limits the ability to examine current trends within the context of long-term natural climate variability. This study presents a temperature reconstruction for southern Tasmania based on analyses of a sediment core from Duckhole Lake (43.365°S, 146.875°E). The relationship between non-destructive whole core scanning reflectance spectroscopy measurements in the vi…
Late Quaternary climate-driven environmental change in the Larsemann Hills, East Antarctica, multi-proxy evidence from a lake sediment core
Little is known about the response of terrestrial East Antarctica to climate changes during the last glacial–interglacial cycle. Here we present a continuous sediment record from a lake in the Larsemann Hills, situated on a peninsula believed to have been ice-free for at least 40,000 yr. A mutli-proxy data set including geochronology, diatoms, pigments and carbonate stable isotopes indicates warmer and wetter conditions than present in the early …
Contiguous multi‐proxy analyses (X‐radiography, diatom, pollen, and microcharcoal) of Holocene archaeological features at Kuk Swamp, Upper Wahgi Valley, Papua New Guinea
Contiguous multi‐proxy analyses (X‐radiography, diatom, pollen, and microcharcoal) have been conducted on the fills of early, mid‐, and mid‐late Holocene features at Kuk Swamp, Upper Wahgi Valley, Papua New Guinea. The features are associated with key periods of archaeological interest: plant exploitation (ca. 10,000 cal yr B.P.), earliest cultivation (6950–6440 cal yr B.P.), and earliest ditches (ca. 4000 cal yr B.P.). The analyses are designed …
A 950 yr temperature reconstruction from Duckhole Lake, southern Tasmania, Australia
A lack of quantitative high resolution paleoclimate data from the Southern Hemisphere limits the ability to examine current trends within the context of long-term natural climate variability. This study presents a temperature reconstruction for southern Tasmania based on analyses of a sediment core from Duckhole Lake (43.365°S, 146.875°E). The relationship between non-destructive whole core scanning reflectance spectroscopy measurements in the vi…
Ecosystem impacts of feral rabbits on World Heritage sub-Antarctic Macquarie Island
Colonialism and the environment
Mining has been a major contributor to economic development in Australia since British arrival in the late 1700s, with little to no thought regarding the long-term environmental consequences. This study assesses the metal pollution legacy caused by different smelting methods and mining activities during the British colonialism in western Tasmania. This region was the largest copper producer in the Southern Hemisphere during the 20th century. Lake…
A Common Era Tree-Ring Chronology Sensitive to Cool-Season Temperatures for the Southern Hemisphere
Annually resolved multi-millennial records of temperature are rare in the Southern Hemisphere (SH), and even rarer are SH records of cool-season temperature. Here we present a new tree-ring chronology extending back to 42 BCE based on Athrotaxis selaginoides from southern Tasmania. The development of this chronology was complicated by multiple tree-age cohorts and growth classes. Additionally, there was a collapse in sample depth between the mid-…
Late-Holocene palaeoecological reconstruction of Southern Hemisphere Westerlies variability on Subantarctic Macquarie Island
As the world’s strongest zonal surface winds, changes in the Southern Hemisphere Westerlies (SHW) can profoundly affect atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) concentrations, ocean-cryosphere domains and precipitation patterns in the Southern Hemisphere mid- to high-latitudes. The strengthening and poleward migration of the SHW in the last few decades points to an increase in Southern Ocean ventilation and CO 2 outgassing with significant implication…
Geography (5 works) · Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (5 works) · Physical geography (4 works) · Archaeology (3 works) · Ecology (3 works) · Environmental Science (3 works) · Geology (3 works) · Northern Hemisphere (3 works) · Southern Hemisphere (3 works) · Atmospheric sciences (2 works)