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Matti Saarnisto

Dr. Matti Saarnisto
Secretary General

Finnish Academy of Science and Letters
Mariankatu 5
FI-00170 Helsinki
Finland

Phone: +358 209 351
Phone2: +358 9 636 800
Fax: +358 9 660 117
E-mail: matti.saarnisto@acadsci.fi


Programs in which Matti Saarnisto holds an official function:
PAGESscientific steering committee1998 - 2003



Key Publications of Matti Saarnisto (up to five) :
Saarnisto, M. 1974. The deglaciation history of the Lake Superior region and its climatic implications. Quaternary Research 4:316-339.
Saarnisto, M. 1986. Annually laminated lake sediments. In: Berglund, B.E. (ed.) Handbook of Holocene Palaeoecology and Palaeohydrology. 343-370. John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
Saarnisto, M. & Saarinen, T. 2001. Deglaciation chronology of the Scandinavian Ice Sheet from east of Lake Onega to the Salpausselkä end moraines. Global and Planetary Change 31:387-405.
Mäkilä, M., Saarnisto, M. & Kankainen, T. 2001. Aapa mires as a carbon sink and source during the Holocene. Journal of Ecology 89, 589-599
Saarnisto, M. & Lunkka, J.P. 2004. Climate variability during the last interglacial-glacial cycle in NW Eurasia. In: R.W. Battarbee et al. (eds.) Past Climate Variability through Europe and Africa. 443-464. Springer.


Expertise of Matti Saarnisto:
Expertise Category Specific Expertise
PAGES TopicsHuman Impacts
Chronology
PAGES TimescalesPleistocene (glacial-interglacial cycles)
Holocene (10,000 years)
PAGES LocationNorthern Hemisphere
Polar Regions
PAGES ParametersCarbon
PAGES ArchivesLake Sediments
Geomorphology
Archeology
PAGES ProxiesPollen

Additional Specialties:
Quaternary stratigraphy, glacial/interglacial time-scales, Holocene annually laminated lake sediments, climate change, glacio-isostatic land uplift and shorelines

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