Southern Hemisphere Paleo- and Neoclimates

Smolka, Peter, geboren 1954; Abitur: 1973; Studium der Germanistik u. der kath. Theologie: 1974-1979; Vorbereitungsdienst für das Lehramt an der Realschule: 1979-1981; Fachanwärter-Ausbildung (für Hochschul-Absolventen) für den Dienst in der Arbeitsvermittlung des Arbeitsamtes: 1981-1982; Tätigkeit eines Arbeitsvermittlers für Schwerbehinderte: 1982-2008; vorzeitiger Eintritt in den Ruhestand (aus gesundheitlichen Gründen) am 01.12.2008.

1: Methods.- Neural Network Analysis of Time Series: Applications to Climatic Data.- One-Dimensional Hydrodynamic Flow in Complex Networks: State of the Art,Some Applications and Generalizations.- Dendroclimatology: A Southern Hemisphere Perspective.- The Chemical History of the Atmosphere: Self-Organizing Processes and Biological Consequences.- Magnetic Signatures of Pampean Soils, A Case Study.- Pole-Equator-Pole Paleoclimates of the Americas: PEP 1 A Review.- 2: Historical and Modern Climates.- Archival Evidence for some Aspects of Historical Climate Variability in Argentina and Bolivia during the 17thand18th Centuries.- Recent Glacier Fluctuations in the Southern Andes.- Palynological Data Indicating Glacier Growth and Environmental Conditions.- A Hybrid Expert System for the Prediction of Extreme Meteorological Situations such as the Zonda Wind in the Cuyo Region, Western Argentina.- Impact of ENSO Events on the Hydrological System of the Cordillera de Los Andes during the last 450 Years.- Recent Precipitation Trends in Southern South America East of the Andes: An Indication of Climatic Variability.- 3: Quaternary Climates.- The Late Pleistocene in Amazonia: A Paleoclimatic Approach.- Vegetation History and Climate Changes in Africa North and South of the Equator (10° N - 10° S) During the Last Glacial Maximum.- Environmental and Climatic History of the Eastern Kivu Area (D.R. Congo, ex Zaire) from 40 ka to the Present.- Quaternary Climate Changes in Southernmost South America Inferred from Lacustrine Sediments Preserved in Volcanic Maars.- Sedimentary Cores from Mascardi Lake, Argentina: A Key Site to Study Elpalafquen Paleolake.- Quaternary Glacial Sequence in the Rio Mendoza Valley, Argentina.- 4: Prequaternary Climates.- A Worldwide Uniform High-ResolutionStratigraphie Standard with Data for the Neogene and Paleogene.- A new Paleotemperature Transfer Algorithm and its Application to the Reconstruction of Neogene Oceans.- Paleoclimatic Changes during the Paleocene-Lower Eocene in the Salta Group Basin, NW Argentina.- 5: Modeling.- The Eximag System.- Principles and some Future Perspectives of Paleoclimate Modeling.