Environmental Change Reconstruction Laboratory

Submitted by wojciech.tylmann on Wed, 04/15/2020 - 09:05
University
University of Gdańsk
Faculty/school/department
Faculty of Oceanography and Geography
Size of the team
number of researchers number of supporting staff number of PhD students
3
1
4
PI
PI name
Wojciech Tylmann
PI email
wojciech.tylmann@ug.edu.pl
PI bio

I am a physical geographer interested in geomorphology, paleolimnology, and especially varved lake sediments with their fascinating potential for reconstructions of environmental changes. Since the year 2014, I have been a Professor of Geography at the University of Gdansk where I lead the Environmental Change Reconstruction Laboratory.

ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1749-5882

 

Contact person and e-mail
Contact person
Wojciech Tylmann
Contact person e-mail
wojciech.tylmann@ug.edu.pl
WWW
https://ecrlab.ug.edu.pl/en/
Short description of research profile

In our research group we study past environmental change possible to reconstruct based on lake sediments. We focus on climate-related and human-related changes recorded over the last several thousand years. For correct interpretation of sediment records, we also investigate the conditions of modern sedimentation processes in lakes. We use mainly geochronological, sedimentological, geochemical, and biological methods.

Research area
NATURAL SCIENCES » Earth and related environmental sciences » (KV) GEOGRAPHY, PHYSICAL
NATURAL SCIENCES » Earth and related environmental sciences » (KY) GEOLOGY
Scientific Themes (keywords)
environmental change; climate change; paleolimnology; lake sediments
Publications

Representative publications

Krajewska M., Szymczak-Żyła M., Tylmann W., Kowalewska G. 2020 Climate change impact on primary production and phytoplankton taxonomy in Western Spitsbergen fjords based on pigments in sediments. Global and Planetary Change, 189: 103158. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gloplacha.2020.103158
Żarczyński M., Wacnik A., Tylmann W. 2019 Tracing lake mixing and oxygenation regime using the Fe/Mn ratio in varved sediments: 2000 year-long record of human-induced changes from Lake Żabińskie (NE Poland). Science of the Total Environment, 657: 585–596. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.12.078
Schneider T., Hampel H., Mosquera P.V., Tylmann W., Grosjean M. 2018 Paleo-ENSO revisited: Ecuadorian Lake Pallcacocha does not reveal a conclusive El Niño signal. Global and Planetary Change, 168: 54–66. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gloplacha.2018.06.004
Hernández-Almeida I., Grosjean M., Gómez Navarro J.J., Larocque-Tobler I., Bonk A., Enters D., Ustrzycka A., Piotrowska N., Przybylak R., Wacnik A., Witak M., Tylmann W. 2017 Resilience, rapid transitions and regime shifts: fingerprinting the responses of Lake Zabińskie (NE Poland) to climate variability and human disturbance since 1000 AD. The Holocene, 27: 258-270. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0959683616658529  
Tylmann W., Bonk A., Goslar T., Wulf S., Grosjean M. 2016 Calibrating 210Pb dating results with varve chronology and independent chronostratigraphic markers: Problems and implications. Quaternary Geochronology, 32: 1-10. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.quageo.2015.11.004

Link to extended list of publication

https://ecrlab.ug.edu.pl/en/publications/
Technology Expertise

Using of alpha and gamma spectroscopy in environmental issues, e.g. dating of sediments with short-lived isotopes (Pb-210 and Cs-137)

Existing collaborations within the SEA-EU alliance
None