Saija Saarni
Ph.D.
saija.saarni@utu.fi +358 29 450 2973 +358 50 567 7568 |
Areas of expertise
paleoclimatology; paleolimnology; environmental change; lacustrine sediments; sedimentary processes of microplastic litter
paleoclimatology; paleolimnology; environmental change; lacustrine sediments; sedimentary processes of microplastic litter
Research
My research interests are to study 1) climatic and anthropogenic forcing on sedimentation in lacustrine and coastal systems, 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 
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- Organic lacustrine sediment varves as indicators of past precipitation changes: a 3,000-year climate record from Central Finland (2015)
- Journal of Paleolimnology
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Mineralogical evidence of Middle Miocene glacial ice in the central Arctic Ocean sediments (2009)
- Geophysica
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - 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
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
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