Gill Plunkett

Research output

Research output per year 1997 2021

• 55 Article
• 12 Paper
• 10 Chapter
• 9 Poster
• 8 More
  • 3 Other contribution
  • 1 Commissioned report
  • 1 Other
  • 1 Meeting abstract
  • 1 Comment/debate
  • 1 Letter

Research output per year

Research output per year

Search results

• 2021

  An integrated Late Pleistocene to Holocene tephrostratigraphic framework for South-east and East Asia

  Sun, C., Wang, L., Plunkett, G., Zhang, E. & Liu, J., 13 Jan 2021, (Accepted) In: Geophysical Research Letters.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • dating
  • volcanic eruptions
  • volcanology
  • lakes
  • climate

• Cryptotephra from the Icelandic Veiðivötn 1477CE eruption in a Greenland ice core: confirming the dating of volcanic events in the 1450sCE and assessing the eruption’s climatic impact

  Abbott, P. M., Plunkett, G., Corona, C., Chellman, N. J., McConnell, J. R., Pilcher, J. R., Stoffel, M. & Sigl, M., 04 Mar 2021, In: Climate of the Past. 17, 2, p. 565–585

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

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  • ice core
  • volcanic eruption
  • dating
  • sulfate
  • tree ring
• 2020

  Analysis of thatch from two historic buildings at Magilligan, Co. Tyrone

  Plunkett, G., 2020, (Unpublished)

  Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report

  File
  10 Downloads (Pure)

• A palynological perspective on “An Archaeology of Ireland for the Information Age”

  Plunkett, G., 09 Jul 2020, In: Emania. 25, p. 39-43

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Comment/debate

• Cultural Change And The Climate Record In Final Prehistoric And Early Medieval Ireland

  Coyle McClung, L. & Plunkett, G., 2020, In: Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy: Section C, Archaeology, Celtic Studies, History, Linguistics, Literature. 120C, p. 129-158 30 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

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  • Early Medieval Ireland
  • cultural change
  • Cultural Change
  • Ireland
  • Climate Change
  1 Citation (Scopus)

  63 Downloads (Pure)

• Cultural land-use and vegetation dynamics in the uplands of northern Portugal from the middle Ages to the Modern period

  Sá Ferreira, C., Plunkett, G. & Fontes, L., 20 Jun 2020, In: Journal of Quaternary Science. 35, 5, p. 695-705 11 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

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  • Vegetation
  • Uplands
  • Middle Ages
  • vegetation dynamics
  • Medieval
  24 Downloads (Pure)

• Excavations at the Abbey Lane Theatre, Abbey Lane, Armagh

  McSparron, C., Murray, E., Plunkett, G. & Scott, B. G., 11 Nov 2020, In: Ulster Journal of Archaeology. 75, p. 16-33

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

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  3 Downloads (Pure)

• Extreme climate after massive eruption of Alaska's Okmok volcano in 43 BCE and effects on the late Roman Republic and Ptolemaic Kingdom

  McConnell, J. R., Sigl, M., Plunkett, G., Burke, A., Kim, W. M., Raible, C. C., Wilson, A. I., Joseph, M., Ludlow, F., Chellman, N., Innes, H. M., Yang, Z., Larsen, J. F., Schaefer, J. R., Kipfstuhl, S., Mojtabavi, S., Wilhelms, F., Opel, T., Meyer, H. & Steffensen, J. P., 02 Jul 2020, In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 17, 27, p. 15443-15449 7 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

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  • volcano
  • volcanic eruption
  • climate
  • famine
  • proxy climate record
  7 Citations (Scopus)

  13 Downloads (Pure)

• Filling the gaps: a chronology of Bronze Age settlement in Ireland

  Ginn, V. & Plunkett, G., Dec 2020, In: Journal of Irish Archaeology. XXIX

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Reply to Strunz and Braeckel: Agricultural failures logically link historical events to extreme climate following the 43 BCE Okmok eruption

  McConnell, J. R., Sigl, M., Plunkett, G., Wilson, A. I., Manning, J. G., Ludlow, F. & Chellman, N., 24 Nov 2020, In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Letter

• Siccitas magna ultra modum: Examining the occurrence and societal impact of droughts in Prehistoric Ireland

  Plunkett, G., Brown, D. M. & Swindles, G. T., 2020, In: Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy: Section C, Archaeology, Celtic Studies, History, Linguistics, Literature. 120C, p. 83-104 21 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

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  • drought
  • Drought
  • Ireland
  • human-environment relationship
  • Human Environment
  54 Downloads (Pure)

• Smoking guns and volcanic ash: the importance of sparse tephras in Greenland ice cores

  Plunkett, G., Sigl, M., Pilcher, J., McConnell, J., Chellman, N., Steffensen, J. P. & Büntgen, U., 08 Jun 2020, In: Polar Research.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

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  • tephra
  • volcanic ash
  • ice core
  • sulfur
  • ash
  37 Downloads (Pure)

• The magnitude and impact of the 431 CE Tierra Blanca Joven eruption of Ilopango, El Salvador

  Smith, V. C., Costa, A., Aguirre-Díaz, G., Pedrazzi, D., Scifo, A., Plunkett, G., Poret, M., Tournigand, P. Y., Miles, D., Dee, M. W., McConnell, J. R., Sunyé-Puchol, I., Harris, P. D., Sigl, M., Pilcher, J. R., Chellman, N. & Gutiérrez, E., 20 Oct 2020, In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 117, 42, p. 26061-26068 8 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • volcanic eruption
  • ice core
  • volcano
  • ash
  • cooling
  1 Citation (Scopus)
• 2019

  A Late Bronze Age field system and settlement on the Antrim Plateau: preliminary results

  Gardiner, M., Megarry, W. P. & Plunkett, G., 01 Dec 2019, In: Journal of Irish Archaeology. 28, p. 49-57

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

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  • evidence
  • agriculture
  19 Downloads (Pure)

• A palynological investigation of Later Mesolithic to Early Neolithic activity at Derragh Island, County Longford

  Perkins, J., Basell, L. & Plunkett, G., Jul 2019, Life and Adaptation in the Irish Wetlands during the Holocene: XX INQUA Congress Field Guide. Plunkett, G., Stuijts, I. & McDermott, C. (eds.). Irish Quaternary Association, p. 44 58 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

• Irish wetlands during the Holocene

  Plunkett, G., Stuijts, I. & McDermott, C., Jul 2019, Life and Adaptation in the Irish Wetlands during the Holocene: Irish Quaternary Association, Dublin XX INQUA Congress Field Guide. Plunkett, G., Stuijts, I. & McDermott, C. (eds.). Irish Quaternary Association, p. 1 14 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

• Refining the statistical parameters for constructing tree-ring chronologies using short-lived species: Alder (Alnus glutinosa Gaertn)

  Barrett, M-T., Brown, D. & Plunkett, G., 01 Jun 2019, In: Dendrochronologia. 55, p. 16-24

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

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  • Alnus glutinosa
  • Alnus
  • growth rings
  • refining
  • tree ring
  1 Citation (Scopus)

  45 Downloads (Pure)

• Widespread drying of European peatlands in recent centuries

  Swindles, G., Morris, P., Mullan, D., Payne, R., Roland, T., Amesbury, M., Lamentowicz, M., Turner, E., Gallego-Sala, A., Sim, T., Barr, I., Blaauw, M., Blundell, A., Chambers, F., Charman, D., Feurdean, A., Galloway, J., Galka, M., Green, S., Kajukalo, K. & 19 others, Karofeld, E., Korhola, A., Lamentowicz, L., Langdon, P., Marcisz, K., Mauquoy, D., Mazei, Y., McKeown, M., Mitchell, E., Novenko, E., Plunkett, G., Roe, H., Schoning, K., Sillasoo, Ü., Tsyganov, A., van der Linden, M., Vallranta, M., Warner, B. & Swindles, G., 21 Oct 2019, In: Nature Geoscience. 12, p. 922-928 7 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

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  • peatland
  • drying
  • anthropogenic effect
  • warming
  • hydrology
  25 Citations (Scopus)

  42 Downloads (Pure)
• 2018

  Ash from the Changbaishan Qixiangzhan eruption: A new early Holocene marker horizon across East Asia: A New Early Holocene Marker Horizon Across East Asia

  Sun, C., Wang, L., Plunkett, G., You, H., Zhu, Z., Zhang, L., Zhang, B., Chu, G. & Liu, J., Aug 2018, In: Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth. 123, 8, p. 6442-6450 9 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

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  • Volcanoes
  • ashes
  • Explosive Agents
  • volcanic eruptions
  • Lakes
  9 Citations (Scopus)

  169 Downloads (Pure)

• Defining the potential source region of volcanic ash in northwest Europe during the Mid- to Late Holocene

  Plunkett, G. & Pilcher, J. R., Apr 2018, In: Earth-Science Reviews. 179, p. 20-37 18 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

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  • volcanic ash
  • volcanic eruption
  • Holocene
  • Europe
  • ash
  24 Citations (Scopus)

  218 Downloads (Pure)

• Excavations from Cloghcor Townland, Co. Antrim, 2017: Final Report

  Gardiner, M., Megarry, W. & Plunkett, G., 10 Dec 2018

  Research output: Other contribution

  Open Access

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  • farms
  44 Downloads (Pure)

• Multi-proxy indicators in a Pontocaspian system: a depth transect of surface sediment in the SE Caspian Sea

  Leroy, S. A. G., Chalié, F., Wesselingh, F. P., Sanjani, M. S., Lahijani, H. A. K., Athersuch, J., Struck, U., Plunkett, G., Reimer, P. J., Habibi, P., Haghani, S., Naderi Beni, A. & Arpe, K., 2018, In: Geologica Belgica. 21, 3-4, p. 143-165

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

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  • Caspian Sea
  • transect
  • ostracod
  • mollusc
  • indicator
  9 Citations (Scopus)

  210 Downloads (Pure)

• Plant controls on Late Quaternary whole ecosystem structure and function

  Jeffers, E. S., Whitehouse, N. J., Lister, A., Plunkett, G., Barratt, P., Smyth, E., Lamb, P., Dee, M. W., Brookes, S. J., Willis, K. J., Froyd, C. A., Watson, J. E. & Bonsall, M. B., Jun 2018, In: Ecology Letters. 21, 6, p. 814-825

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

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  • terrestrial ecosystems
  • ecosystem structure
  • biogeochemical cycles
  • nutrient cycling
  • ecosystem function
  10 Citations (Scopus)

  257 Downloads (Pure)

• Refining the statistical paramaters for constructing tree-ring chronologies using short-lived species: Alder (Alnus glutinosa Gaertn)

  Barrett, M-T., Brown, D. & Plunkett, G., 2018.

  Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper
• 2017

  Did the AD 853 Mount Churchill eruption trigger societal and climatic impacts in the northern mid-latitudes?

  Plunkett, G., Jensen, B., Booth, R., Swindles, G., Blundell, A., Mackay, H. & Hughes, P., May 2017. 1 p.

  Research output: Contribution to conference › Poster

  Open Access

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  • tephra
  • volcanic eruption
  • ash
  • atmospheric aerosol loading
  • historical record
  87 Downloads (Pure)

• Do sub-decadal climate impacts on human populations leave a detectable legacy in palaeoenvironmental archives? A tephra-dated interrogation of settlement in a marginal environment

  Plunkett, G. & Swindles, GT., 2017.

  Research output: Contribution to conference › Poster

  • climate
  • climate change
  • population density
  • local population
  • event

• Multi-proxy dating of Iceland’s major pre-settlement Katla eruption to 822/3 CE

  Büntgen, U., Eggertsson, Ó., Wacker, L., Sigl, M., Ljungqvist, F. C., Di Cosmo, N., Plunkett, G., Krusic, P. J., Newfield, T. P., Esper, J., Lane, C., Reinig, F. & Oppenheimer, C., 2017, In: Geology.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Chang'e
  • volcanic eruption
  • dating
  • tree ring
  • ice core
  11 Citations (Scopus)

• The significance of volcanic ash in Greenland ice cores during the Common Era

  Plunkett, G., Pilcher, J., McConnell, J. R., Sigl, M. & Chellman, N., 2017.

  Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper

  Open Access

  • tephra
  • volcanic ash
  • ice core
  • volcanic eruption
  • climate effect

• Trace element analysis of Late Holocene tephras from Greenland ice cores

  Plunkett, G., Pearce, N. J., McConnell, J., Pilcher, J., Sigl, M. & Zhao, H., 01 Oct 2017, In: Quaternary Newsletter. 143, p. 10-20 21 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

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  • tephra
  • ice core
  • Holocene
  • trace element
  • volcanic eruption
  96 Downloads (Pure)
• 2016

  A mid to late Holocene cryptotephra framework from eastern North America

  Mackay, H., Hughes, P. D. M., Jensen, B. J. L., Langdon, P. G., Pyne-O'Donnell, S. D. F., Plunkett, G., Froese, D. G., Coulter, S. & Gardner, J. E., 15 Jan 2016, In: Quaternary Science Reviews. 132, p. 101-113

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

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  • Late Holocene
  • Eastern North America
  • North America
  • Holocene
  • Peat
  30 Citations (Scopus)

  335 Downloads (Pure)

• Asking awkward questions: querying assumptions about ice core acid signals using tephra

  Plunkett, G., Sigl, M., Baillie, M., Pilcher, J., McConnell, J. R. & Hall, V., 2016.

  Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper

  • tephra
  • ice core
  • volcanic eruption
  • acid
  • climate effect
• 2015

  Asynchrony in key Holocene chronologies: Evidence from Irish bog pines

  Torbenson, M. C. A., Plunkett, G., Brown, D. M., Pilcher, J. R. & Leuschner, H. H., Sep 2015, In: Geology. 43, 9, p. 799-802 3 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

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  • bog
  • ice core
  • chronology
  • pine
  • Holocene
  12 Citations (Scopus)

  294 Downloads (Pure)

• Distal tephrochronology in volcanic regions: Challenges and insights from Kamchatkan lake sediments

  Plunkett, G., Coulter, S. E., Ponomareva, V. V., Blaauw, M., Klimaschewski, A. & Hammarlund, D., Nov 2015, In: Global and Planetary Change. 134, p. 26-40 15 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

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  • tephrochronology
  • tephra
  • lacustrine deposit
  • volcano
  • volcanic eruption
  19 Citations (Scopus)

  375 Downloads (Pure)

• The history of volcanic eruptions since Roman times

  Sigl, M., McConnell, J. R., Toohey, M., Plunkett, G., Ludlow, F., Winstrup, M., Kipfstuhl, S. & Motizuki, Y., Dec 2015, In: Past Global Changes Magazine. 23, 2, p. 48-49 2 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

  Open Access

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  541 Downloads (Pure)

• Timing, global aerosol forcing, and climate impact of volcanic eruptions during the Common Era

  Sigl, M., McConnell, J. R., Winstrup, M., Welten, K. C., Plunkett, G., Ludlow, F., Toohey, M., Büntgen, U., Caffee, M., Kipfstuhl, S., Kostick, C., Krüger, K., Maselli, O. J., Mulvaney, R. & Woodruff, T. E., 2015, In: Geophysical Research Abstracts. 17, 1 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Meeting abstract › peer-review

  Open Access

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  53 Downloads (Pure)

• Timing and climate forcing of volcanic eruptions for the past 2,500 years

  Sigl, M., Winstrup, M., McConnell, J. R., Welten, K. C., Plunkett, G., Ludlow, F., Büntgen, U., Caffee, M., Chellman, N., Dahl-Jensen, D., Fischer, H., Kipfstuhl, S., Kostick, C., Maselli, O. J., Mekhaldi, F., Mulvaney, R., Muscheler, R., Pasteris, D. R., Pilcher, J. R., Salzer, M. & 4 others, Schüpbach, S., Steffensen, J. P., Vinther, B. M. & Woodruff, T. E., 30 Jul 2015, In: Nature. 523, 7562, p. 543–549 7 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

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  • climate forcing
  • volcanic eruption
  • ice core
  • atmospheric aerosol loading
  • climate
  442 Citations (Scopus)

  3913 Downloads (Pure)
• 2014

  Ash from Changbaishan Millennium eruption recorded in Greenland ice: Implications for determining the eruption's timing and impact

  Sun, C., Plunkett, G., Liu, J., Zhao, H., Sigl, M., McConnell, J. R., Pilcher, J. R., Vinther, B., Steffensen, J. P. & Hall, V., Jan 2014, In: Geophysical Research Letters. 41, 2, p. 694-701 8 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

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  • Greenland
  • ashes
  • volcanic eruptions
  • ice
  • volcanic eruption
  60 Citations (Scopus)

  446 Downloads (Pure)

• Asynchrony between the Greenland ice core chronology and the radiocarbon calibration curve? Evidence from Irish bogs

  Torbenson, M. C. A., Plunkett, G. & Brown, D., 2014.

  Research output: Contribution to conference › Poster

  • bog
  • ice core
  • chronology
  • dating
  • calibration

• Exceptionally Long Distance Transport of Volcanic Ash: Implications for Stratigraphy, Hazards and the Sourcing of Distal Tephra Deposits

  Jensen, B., Mackay, H., Pyne-O'Donnell, S., Plunkett, G., Hughes, P., Froese, D. & Booth, R., 16 Dec 2014.

  Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper

  • long-distance transport
  • tephra
  • volcanic ash
  • stratigraphy
  • ash

• Hydroclimatic changes during the 8.2 ka event revealed by Irish pines

  Brown, D., Plunkett, G. & Torbensen, M., 09 May 2014.

  Research output: Contribution to conference › Other

  • pine
  • dating
  • ice core
  • hydrological change
  • bog

• Late Holocene Human Impact on the Landscape in the Cabreira Mountain and Upper Terva valley, Northern Portugal

  Ferreira, C., Plunkett, G. & Fontes, L., Jul 2014.

  Research output: Contribution to conference › Poster

• Post-glacial environmental history of Co. Fermanagh

  Plunkett, G., 2014, An Archaeological Survey of Co. Fermanagh; From the earliest settlers to the Flight of the Earls. Belfast: The Stationary Office, p. 13 15 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

• Rapid climate change did not cause population collapse at the end of the European Bronze Age

  Armit, I., Swindles, G. T., Becker, K., Plunkett, G. & Blaauw, M., 02 Dec 2014, In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 111, 48, p. 17045-17049 5 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

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  • Bronze Age
  • climate change
  • bronze
  • climate
  • paleoclimate
  47 Citations (Scopus)

  360 Downloads (Pure)

• Transatlantic distribution of the Alaskan White River Ash

  Jensen, B., Pyne-O'Donnell, S., Plunkett, G., Froese, D. G., Hughes, P. D. M., Sigl, M., McConnell, J. R., Amesbury, M. J., Blackwell, P. G., van den Bogaard, C., Buck, C. E., Charman, D. J., Clague, J. J., Hall, V., Koch, J., Mackay, H., Mallon, G., McColl, L. & Pilcher, J. R., Oct 2014, In: Geology. 42, 10, p. 875-878

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

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  • ash
  • recurrence interval
  • river
  • distribution
  • ejecta
  83 Citations (Scopus)

  862 Downloads (Pure)

• When is a tephra not a tephra layer? Issues in working with Holocene cryptotephra in Ireland and Greenland

  Plunkett, G., Pilcher, J., Sigl, M., Coyle McClung, L. & Hall, V., 2014.

  Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper

  • tephra
  • Holocene
  • tephrochronology
  • bog
  • ice core
• 2013

  Ballyoran Bog—environmental core samples

  Trainor, P. & Plunkett, G., Dec 2013, Generations. The Archaeology of Five National Road Schemes in County Cork.. Hanley, K. & Hurley, M. F. (eds.). Dublin: National Roads Authority, p. 33 36 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

• Centennial-scale climate change in Ireland during the Holocene

  Swindles, G. T., Lawson, I. T., Matthews, I. P., Blaauw, M., Daley, T. J., Charman, D. J., Roland, T. P., Plunkett, G., Schettler, G., Gearey, B. R., Turner, T. E., Rea, H. A., Roe, H. M., Amesbury, M. J., Chambers, F. M., Holmes, J., Mitchell, F. J. G., Blackford, J., Blundell, A., Branch, N. & 12 others, Holmes, J., Langdon, P., McCarroll, J., McDermott, F., Oksanen, P. O., Pritchard, O., Stastney, P., Stefanini, B., Young, D., Wheeler, J., Becker, K. & Armit, I., Nov 2013, In: Earth-Science Reviews. 126, p. 300-320 21 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

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  • peatland
  • Holocene
  • water table
  • climate change
  • thermohaline circulation
  60 Citations (Scopus)

  821 Downloads (Pure)

• Environmental indifference? A critique of environmentally deterministic theories of peatland archaeological site construction in Ireland

  Plunkett, G., McDermott, C., Swindles, G. T. & Brown, D. M., 01 Feb 2013, In: Quaternary Science Reviews. 61, p. 17-31 15 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • peatlands
  • Ireland
  • Indifference
  • peatland
  • Archaeological Sites
  18 Citations (Scopus)

• Hydroclimatic changes during the 8.2 ka event inferred from Irish subfossil pines

  Torbenson, M. C. A., Plunkett, G. & Brown, D., Dec 2013, p. PP11A-1797.

  Research output: Contribution to conference › Poster

  • subfossil
  • pine
  • Great Depression
  • dating
  • hydrological change
• 2012

  A dynamic human socioecology of pre- and protohistoric Ulster

  Thurston, T. & Plunkett, G., 2012, Climates, Past Landscapes, and Civilizations. Giosan, L., Fuller, D. Q., Nicoll, K., Flad, R. K. & Clift, P. (eds.). Washington D.C.: American Geophysical Union, p. 177-194 (Geophysical Monographs Series; vol. 198).

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter