Mairead Rutherford
Biographic Data
| ID | 6373644 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Mairead Rutherford |
| GIVEN NAMES | Mairead |
| FAMILY NAME | Rutherford |
| SIGNATURE | RUTHERFORD M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Durham University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 19 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 9 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1998 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
From Ponds to Pine Plantations in 9000 Years
This article explores the evidence for environmental change at Beck Burn, Solway Moss, on the English/Scottish border. The analysed pollen, non-pollen palynomorphs (NPP) and microscopic charcoal particles permit several palaeoenvironmental events to be interpreted, supported by radiocarbon dating. These and previously published data suggest the presence of very early Mesolithic water-edge activity, later Mesolithic woodland management, clearance …
Testing the presence of cereal-type pollen grains in coastal pre-Elm Decline peat deposits
By the time of the Mid-Holocene Ulmus pollen decline (UD) ca. 5100 14 C bp (ca. 5900 cal. BP), the Neolithic was becoming well established in Britain and Ireland. The importance of cereal cultivation as part of the initial neolithization process in the British Isles is uncertain, as archaeological sites of the first Neolithic remain elusive. Palaeoecologists have recorded cereal-type pollen grains in peat deposits that pre-date the UD significant…
Early to Mid-Holocene Tree Immigration and Spread in the Isle of Man
The Isle of Man is a large island which lies in the middle of the northern Irish Sea between Britain and Ireland and, because of its insularity and size, has an impoverished flora compared with the two main islands. This has been the case throughout the postglacial and warrants the island’s description as a separate phytogeographic province. We have considered Holocene tree pollen data from seventeen sites on the island which together preserve a …
A Detailed Record of Deglacial and Early Post-Glacial Fluvial Evolution
The lower reaches of the River Ure, on the flanks of the Pennine Hills in northern England, contain sedimentary and erosional landforms that are a record of fluvial activity during deglaciation and valley-glacier retreat at the end of the last (Devensian) glacial period, and in the subsequent post-glacial Holocene. Terraces and channels, most of which are now relict features well above the altitude of the present river, attest to the impacts of m…
Palaeoecological and archaeological evidence for Bronze Age human activity on the Isle of Man
Pollen analytical data and the archaeological record for the Isle of Man identify increased human impact on the landscape during the Bronze Age. Pollen profiles from seven sites are presented, all identifying a greater scale of activity than existed during the preceding Neolithic. The archaeological record shows similar increases in both the number and the distribution of finds. Both the archaeology and palaeoecology indicate an increase in human…
Microfossil evidence for land movements associated with the AD 1964 Alaska earthquake
Microfossil diatom and pollen data from a number of cores at coastal marshes at Girdwood Flats and Kenai Flats in Cook Inlet, Alaska, suggest that there was a phase of gradual land subsidence prior to the main shock of the ad 1964 earthquake. This phase followed a long period of gradual land uplift since the last large earthquake, which occurred about 730–900 years ago. Caesium ( 137 Cs) records indicate that subsidence started approximately 15 y…
Holocene tidal levels and sedimentation rates using a diatom-based palaeoenvironmental reconstruction
An established diatom-based tidal level transfer function is used in combination with the present day relationship between sedimentation rate and altitude to reconstruct Holocene tidal sediment accretion for the Tees estuary, northeastern England. The results from five cores reveal two periods of enhanced sedimen tation, the earlier of which (8000–6000 cal. BP) is related to relatively rapid sea-level rise and increasing tidal range. The later ph…
Microfossil analysis of sediments representing the 1964 earthquake, exposed at Girdwood Flats, Alaska, USA
Holocene sea-level change and coastal evolution in the Humber estuary, eastern England
New stratigraphic data collected from six sites in the Humber estuary establish a record of Holocene relative sea-level (RSL) change, and enable testing of four possible causes of rapid coastal change: sea-level rise, changes in sedimentation, storm-surge history, and human impact. Mean high water of spring tides (MHWST) in the Humber rose from c. 9 m OD at 7500 cal. yrs BP to 0 m OD by 4000 cal. yrs BP, at an average long-term rate of c. 3.9 mm …
Holocene sea-level change and coastal evolution in the Humber estuary, eastern England
New stratigraphic data collected from six sites in the Humber estuary establish a record of Holocene relative sea-level (RSL) change, and enable testing of four possible causes of rapid coastal change: sea-level rise, changes in sedimentation, storm-surge history, and human impact. Mean high water of spring tides (MHWST) in the Humber rose from c. 9 m OD at 7500 cal. yrs BP to 0 m OD by 4000 cal. yrs BP, at an average long-term rate of c. 3.9 mm …
Holocene tidal levels and sedimentation rates using a diatom-based palaeoenvironmental reconstruction
An established diatom-based tidal level transfer function is used in combination with the present day relationship between sedimentation rate and altitude to reconstruct Holocene tidal sediment accretion for the Tees estuary, northeastern England. The results from five cores reveal two periods of enhanced sedimen tation, the earlier of which (8000–6000 cal. BP) is related to relatively rapid sea-level rise and increasing tidal range. The later ph…
Palaeoecological and archaeological evidence for Bronze Age human activity on the Isle of Man
Pollen analytical data and the archaeological record for the Isle of Man identify increased human impact on the landscape during the Bronze Age. Pollen profiles from seven sites are presented, all identifying a greater scale of activity than existed during the preceding Neolithic. The archaeological record shows similar increases in both the number and the distribution of finds. Both the archaeology and palaeoecology indicate an increase in human…
Microfossil evidence for land movements associated with the AD 1964 Alaska earthquake
Microfossil diatom and pollen data from a number of cores at coastal marshes at Girdwood Flats and Kenai Flats in Cook Inlet, Alaska, suggest that there was a phase of gradual land subsidence prior to the main shock of the ad 1964 earthquake. This phase followed a long period of gradual land uplift since the last large earthquake, which occurred about 730–900 years ago. Caesium ( 137 Cs) records indicate that subsidence started approximately 15 y…
Holocene sea-level change and coastal evolution in the Humber estuary, eastern England
New stratigraphic data collected from six sites in the Humber estuary establish a record of Holocene relative sea-level (RSL) change, and enable testing of four possible causes of rapid coastal change: sea-level rise, changes in sedimentation, storm-surge history, and human impact. Mean high water of spring tides (MHWST) in the Humber rose from c. 9 m OD at 7500 cal. yrs BP to 0 m OD by 4000 cal. yrs BP, at an average long-term rate of c. 3.9 mm …
Microfossil analysis of sediments representing the 1964 earthquake, exposed at Girdwood Flats, Alaska, USA
Holocene tidal levels and sedimentation rates using a diatom-based palaeoenvironmental reconstruction
An established diatom-based tidal level transfer function is used in combination with the present day relationship between sedimentation rate and altitude to reconstruct Holocene tidal sediment accretion for the Tees estuary, northeastern England. The results from five cores reveal two periods of enhanced sedimen tation, the earlier of which (8000–6000 cal. BP) is related to relatively rapid sea-level rise and increasing tidal range. The later ph…
Microfossil evidence for land movements associated with the AD 1964 Alaska earthquake
Microfossil diatom and pollen data from a number of cores at coastal marshes at Girdwood Flats and Kenai Flats in Cook Inlet, Alaska, suggest that there was a phase of gradual land subsidence prior to the main shock of the ad 1964 earthquake. This phase followed a long period of gradual land uplift since the last large earthquake, which occurred about 730–900 years ago. Caesium ( 137 Cs) records indicate that subsidence started approximately 15 y…
Palaeoecological and archaeological evidence for Bronze Age human activity on the Isle of Man
Pollen analytical data and the archaeological record for the Isle of Man identify increased human impact on the landscape during the Bronze Age. Pollen profiles from seven sites are presented, all identifying a greater scale of activity than existed during the preceding Neolithic. The archaeological record shows similar increases in both the number and the distribution of finds. Both the archaeology and palaeoecology indicate an increase in human…
A Detailed Record of Deglacial and Early Post-Glacial Fluvial Evolution
The lower reaches of the River Ure, on the flanks of the Pennine Hills in northern England, contain sedimentary and erosional landforms that are a record of fluvial activity during deglaciation and valley-glacier retreat at the end of the last (Devensian) glacial period, and in the subsequent post-glacial Holocene. Terraces and channels, most of which are now relict features well above the altitude of the present river, attest to the impacts of m…
Early to Mid-Holocene Tree Immigration and Spread in the Isle of Man
The Isle of Man is a large island which lies in the middle of the northern Irish Sea between Britain and Ireland and, because of its insularity and size, has an impoverished flora compared with the two main islands. This has been the case throughout the postglacial and warrants the island’s description as a separate phytogeographic province. We have considered Holocene tree pollen data from seventeen sites on the island which together preserve a …
From Ponds to Pine Plantations in 9000 Years
This article explores the evidence for environmental change at Beck Burn, Solway Moss, on the English/Scottish border. The analysed pollen, non-pollen palynomorphs (NPP) and microscopic charcoal particles permit several palaeoenvironmental events to be interpreted, supported by radiocarbon dating. These and previously published data suggest the presence of very early Mesolithic water-edge activity, later Mesolithic woodland management, clearance …
Testing the presence of cereal-type pollen grains in coastal pre-Elm Decline peat deposits
By the time of the Mid-Holocene Ulmus pollen decline (UD) ca. 5100 14 C bp (ca. 5900 cal. BP), the Neolithic was becoming well established in Britain and Ireland. The importance of cereal cultivation as part of the initial neolithization process in the British Isles is uncertain, as archaeological sites of the first Neolithic remain elusive. Palaeoecologists have recorded cereal-type pollen grains in peat deposits that pre-date the UD significant…
Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (8 works) · Holocene (8 works) · Geology (7 works) · Archaeology (6 works) · Geography (6 works) · Ecology (5 works) · Oceanography (5 works) · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (4 works) · Biology (4 works) · Geological formations and processes (4 works)