Doctoral Dissertation Research in Geography and Regional Science

本论文改进资助项目将测试关于小冰河期寒冷时期对冰岛定居点的影响的假设，使用考古数据，动物和鱼骨，以及海洋软体动物。将对反映北大西洋当地水温和盐度变化的贝壳中的稳定碳和氧同位素以及镉/钙比率进行基线研究。预期这些研究将提供与冰岛经济变化问题直接相关的气候数据，并有助于目前关于全球气候变化的研究。

This dissertation improvement grant project will test hypotheses regarding the effects of the Little Ice Age cold period on Icelandic settlements using archaeological data, animal and fish bones, as well as marine molluscs. A baseline study will be made of stable carbon and oxygen isotopes and cadmium/calcium ratios in shells reflective of changes in local water temperatures and salinity in the North Atlantic. These studies are expected to provide climatic data of direct relevance to questions of economic change on Iceland and contribute to current research on global climate change.