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Sorry, all,
I hit the wrong button
John

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John Garrison" <jgarrison@stny.rr.com>
To: <paleonet@nhm.ac.uk>
Sent: Tuesday, October 28, 2003 19:24
Subject: Re: paleonet Classic Book on Palaeoecological Research Strategy
Returns to Print


> Hi Tim,
> Actually, there has been a lot happening lately!  After we returned from
> Boston wedding on the 21st, Sharon had to be admitted to Wilson hospital
> with apparent diverticulitis.  As it turns out, she actually has BOTH
> diverticulitis and an intestinal blockage.  She will have surgery
tomorrow,
> at which time they are going to remove approximately a foot of her large
> intestine.  She will be home, hopefully, sometime early next week.  Think
> good thoughts!
> John
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Andrea Herbert" <AHerbert@BlackburnPress.com>
> To: <PaleoNet@nhm.ac.uk>
> Sent: Tuesday, October 21, 2003 08:32
> Subject: paleonet Classic Book on Palaeoecological Research Strategy
Returns
> to Print
>
>
> > Classic Book on Palaeoecological Research Strategy Returns to Print
> >
> > A valuable reference work for those of you involved in palaeoecology,
> > palaeohydrology, palaeolimnology, paleoclimatology and similar fields
has
> > just been brought back into print: "Handbook of Holocene Palaeoecology
and
> > Palaeohydrology," edited by Bjorn E. Berglund.
> >
> > Orginally published in 1986, the book was a breakthrough in
standardizing
> > methods applied in palaeoecology and palaeohydrology. Particular
attention
> > was paid to Holocene environmental changes in the temperate zone, but
most
> > methods can be applied to older Quaternary deposits and to areas outside
> the
> > temperate zone.
> >
> > There have, of course, been methodological developments and a research
> > expansion during the last 15 years, particularly in palaeolimnological
> > studies. However, the basic methods for palaeoecological research
> strategy,
> > for sampling and documentation of mire and lake deposits, for dating,
and
> > for palaeochemical and palaeobiological analyses, are still the same as
> when
> > the book was published.
> >
> > After being out of print for many years, the book has recently been
> returned
> > to print by The Blackburn Press, making it again available to scholars,
> > libraries, researchers and students who would like to own or replace a
> copy
> > of this classic book. For more information on the book, see:
> > http://www.blackburnpress.com/haofhapaandp.html
> >
> > The Blackburn Press is a relatively new publishing company, founded with
> the
> > mission of keeping in print and available for purchase at reasonable
> prices
> > book titles that larger publishers have lost interest in and have
declared
> > to be "out of print." It specializes in scientific and technical books
> that
> > are classics in their field. (See www.blackburnpress.com).
> >
> > For more information, contact:
> > Andrea Herbert
> > The Blackburn Press
> > Publishers of classic scientific and technical books
> > P.O.Box 287, Caldwell, N.J. 07006
> > 973-228-7077  Fax: 973-228-7276
> > AHerbert@BlackburnPress.com
> > Explore the latest additions to our list at
http://www.BlackburnPress.com
> >
> >
>