Saija
Saarni
Associate Professor, Geology
Ph.D.
Areas of expertise
paleoclimatology
paleolimnology
environmental change
lacustrine sediments
sedimentary processes of microplastic litter
Research
My research interests are to study 1) climatic and anthropogenic forcing of lake sedimentation and catchment erosion, and 2) sedimentary processes of micro plastic litter in aquatic environments. My current focus is to understand climate-catchment dynamics as well as sediment transportation and accumulation in various geological environments in detail.
Publications
Winter climate signal in boreal clastic-biogenic varves: a comprehensive analysis of three varved records from 1890 to 1990 AD with meteorological and hydrological data from Eastern Finland (2017)
GFF
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))
A late Holocene record of solar-forced atmospheric blocking variability over Northern Europe inferred from varved lake sediments of Lake Kuninkaisenlampi (2016)
Quaternary Science Reviews
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))
Between the North Atlantic Oscillation and the Siberian High: A 4000-year snow accumulation history inferred from varved lake sediments in Finland (2016)
Holocene
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))
Organic lacustrine sediment varves as indicators of past precipitation changes: a 3,000-year climate record from Central Finland (2015)
Journal of Paleolimnology
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))
Mineralogical evidence of Middle Miocene glacial ice in the central Arctic Ocean sediments (2009)
Geophysica
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))
Climatic transitions in the Arctic as revealed by mineralogical evidence from the Upper Cenozoic sediments in the central Arctic Ocean and the Yermak Plateau (2008)
Norwegian Journal of Geology
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))