Useful links

These are mainly links of palaeoecological interest but sites of general ecological/conservation interest, scientific literature databases, etc. are also included.

Within NUI Galway (Research Centres, Departments, Library, etc.)

Quaternary Research – Library & literature sources

Quaternary Research – Institutes/Universities (Ireland)

Quaternary Research – Institutes/Universities (foreign)

Quaternary Research – International agencies

Quaternary Research – Databases

Quaternary Research – Global/regional projects

Quaternary Research – Techniques

National Quaternary Associations

Research – Grant agencies (Ireland)

Research – Grant agencies (foreign)

Software and WWW resources

Within NUI Galway

Research Centres in NUI Galway
Moore Institute
Ryan Institute
National Centre for Biomedical Engineering Science

Other Disciplines in NUI Galway with Quaternary interests
Archaeology
Geography
Earth and Ocean Sciences
Zoology

Services in NUI Galway (including library)
Computer Services
James Hardiman Library (see also Quaternary Research – Library & literature sources)
James Hardiman Library, Web of Science
James Hardiman Library, Oxford English Dictionary
James Hardiman Library, Inter-Library Loan Web Access
Research Office
Science Faculty Office

Quaternary Research – Library & literature sources

Library, NUI Galway – see above: Services in NUI Galway
Elias, S.A. (ed.) 2007. Encyclopedia of Quaternary Science (Online version). Elsevier, Amsterdam (access from within NUIG)
Books in print
University of Regensburg, Germany (good library site)
SCIRUS - database of scientific information maintained by Elsevier
Science Direct
Scientific American

Major international publishers :
Arnold
Cambridge University Press
Elsevier
Kluwer Academic Publishers
Springer-Verlag
Wiley

Quaternary Research – Institutes/Universities (IRELAND)
Includes sites of general ecological/conservation interest

Botanic Gardens, Glasnevin
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Geological Survey of Ireland
Ordnance Survey of Ireland

Government Departments:
General listing - http://www.irlgov.ie/departments/default.asp
Department of Arts, Heritage, Gaeltacht and the Islands
Irish Peatland Conservation Council
Queen’s University Belfast – Dept of Archaeology and Palaeoecology Centre
Royal Irish Academy
Trinity College Dublin: Department of Botany and Department of Geography
University College Dublin, Department of Geology

Quaternary Research – Institutes/Universities (foreign)
Includes sites of general ecological/conservation interest

British Natural History Museum
British Natural History Museum – birds, plants, etc.
Kew – Royal Botanic Gardens
GeoForschungsZentrum, Potsdam, Germany
Institut für Historische Küstenforschung, Wilhelmshaven, Germany
Southampton, UK (Department of Geography)
University of Bergen (Botanical Institute - Palaeoecology)
University of Bonn (Botanical Institute – Systematics & Biodiversity (partly in English)
University of Uppsala (pages by K.D. Bennett)

Quaternary Research – International agencies

European Archaeology 2001
European Science Foundation (ESF)
European Network for Research in Global Change (ENRICH)
World Data Centre System [National Geophysical Data Centre, Boulder Colorado]
Past Global Changes (PAGES)

Quaternary Research – Databases

European Pollen Database (EPD)
Tephra database (maintained in University of Edinburgh)
Irish radiocarbon database

Quaternary Research – Global/regional projects

Cultural Landscapes including PAN (European Thematic Network on Cultural Landscapes and their Ecosystems (EU 5th FP))

Quaternary Research – Techniques

Radiocarbon calibration :
CALIB program
CAL25 (Groningen) program
Tauber traps
Tephra analysis:
The Nordic Volcanological Institute
Tephra database, in the Department of Geography, University of Edinburgh

National Quaternary Associations

IQUA (Irish Quaternary Association)
QRA (British QR Association)
DEUQUA (German Association for Quaternary Studies)
AMQUA (The American Quaternary Association)

Research – Grant agencies (Ireland; non-specific)

Discovery Programme
Programme of archaeological research funded by the Heritage Council
Enterprise Ireland
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

Heritage Council – Statutory body established 1995 to propose policies and priorities for the identification, protection, preservation and enhancement of Ireland’s national heritage
Irish Research Council for Science Engineering and Technology
Irish Research Council for Humanities and Social Sciences
HEANET (incl. climate, ecology, meteorology, etc.)
NUI Galway (Research Office)
Royal Irish Academy, Dublin

Research – Grant agencies (foreign; non-specific)

Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, Bonn
British Council
DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service)
EU Commission, Brussels (Cordis)

Software and WWW resources

Computer Services, NUI Galway
CHEST software - Irish Universities(
CHEST software- UK Universities (more comprehensive; not all applicable to Ireland)
Directory of Irish WWW sites
Shareware source

Encyclopedia of Quaternary Science (summary list of articles; see above for LINK to the online Encyclopedia)

Quaternary Climate Change (Cary Mock, University of South Carolina, USA)
Dating Quaternary Events (Tim Jull, University of Arizona, USA)
Quaternary Stratigraphy (Brad Pillans, Australian National University, Australia)
Glacial Landforms (David Evans, University of Durham, UK)
Fluvial and Deltaic Environments (Tornbjorn Tornqvist, University of Illinois at Chicago, USA)
History of Quaternary Glaciations (Phil Gibbard and Juergen Ehlers, University of Cambridge, UK and Geologisches Landesamt, Germany)
Quaternary Sea Level (Ian Shennan, University of Durham, UK)
Paleosols and Windblown Sediments (Dan Muhs, US Geological Survey, USA)
Lake Level Studies (Mary Edwards, University of Cambridge, UK)
Quaternary Paleobotany (Richard Bradshaw, Geological Survey of Denmark, Denmark)
Paleolimnology (Marianne Douglas, University of Toronto, Canada)
Quaternary Vertebrate Records (Danielle Schreve, University of London, UK)
Insect Fossils (Scott Elias, University of London, UK)
Paleoceanography (David Anderson, NOAA Paleoclimate Office, USA)
Ice Core Records (Ed Brook, Oregon State University, USA)
Non-marine stable isotopes (Henry Schwarcz, McMaster University, Canada)
Humans in the Quaternary (Clive Gamble, University of London, UK)

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