Sylvia M. Peglar

3.6k citations

49 papers · 2.4k indexed · 1 hit paper · h-index 31

Co-authors: H. J. B. Birks Hilary H. Birks Neil L. Rose John‐Arvid Grytnes Carl D. Sayer Anne E. Bjune Christian Bigler Isabelle Larocque
Topics: Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (40 papers)Geological formations and processes (14 papers)Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (11 papers)
Cited by: Paleontology Atmospheric Science Anthropology
Journals: Nature PLoS ONE Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences
Partner nations: United Kingdom Norway United States

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Sylvia M. Peglar

48 papers receiving 2.2k citations

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Early Pleistocene human occupation at the edge of the boreal zone in northwest Europe

2010 263 citations Simon A. Parfitt, Nick Ashton et al. Nature profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Earliest evidence of making fire 2025 ·Nature ·R. J. Davis,(unknown),(unknown),Simon G. Lewis,(unknown),Simon A. Parfitt,Silvia M. Bello,(unknown),(unknown),Jens Najorka,Sonia O’Connor,Sylvia M. Peglar,(unknown),Chris Stringer,Nick Ashton	0
2	Will they be back? A framework to guide rare macrophyte conservation decisions in lakes 2023 ·Restoration Ecology ·Helen Bennion,Carl D. Sayer,Ambroise Baker,Isabel Bishop,(unknown),(unknown),Alan Law,(unknown),Sylvia M. Peglar,(unknown),Neil L. Rose,Simon Turner,Nigel Willby,Handong Yang	5
3	Late Pleistocene temperate deposits in Lincolnshire, England and their implication for the history of the River Trent system 2020 ·Quaternary International ·Philip L. Gibbard,Sylvia M. Peglar,R. G. West	2
4	Hominin Footprints from Early Pleistocene Deposits at Happisburgh, UK 2014 ·PLoS ONE ·Nick Ashton,Simon G. Lewis,Isabelle De Groote,Sarah Duffy,Martin Bates,Richard Bates,Peter Hoare,Mark Lewis,Simon A. Parfitt,Sylvia M. Peglar,Craig Williams,Chris Stringer	117
5	From cold to cool in northernmost Norway: Lateglacial and early Holocene multi-proxy environmental and climate reconstructions from Jansvatnet, Hammerfest 2011 ·Quaternary Science Reviews ·Hilary H. Birks,Vivienne J. Jones,Stephen J. Brooks,H. J. B. Birks,Richard J. Telford,Steve Juggins,Sylvia M. Peglar	54
6	Early Pleistocene human occupation at the edge of the boreal zone in northwest Europebreakdown → 2010 ·Nature ·Simon A. Parfitt,Nick Ashton,Simon G. Lewis,Richard L. Abel,G. Russell Coope,(unknown),Rowena Gale,Peter Hoare,Nigel R. Larkin,Mark Lewis,Vassil Karloukovski,Barbara A. Maher,Sylvia M. Peglar,Richard C. Preece,John E. Whittaker,Chris Stringer	263
7	Spatial Representation of Aquatic Vegetation by Macrofossils and Pollen in a Small and Shallow Lake 2006 ·Journal of Paleolimnology ·Yan Zhao,Carl D. Sayer,Hilary H. Birks,Michael P. Hughes,Sylvia M. Peglar	93
8	Environmental Changes at the Desert Margin: An Assessment of Recent Paleolimnological Records in Lake Qarun, Middle Egypt 2005 ·Journal of Paleolimnology ·R.J. Flower,(unknown),Neil L. Rose,Sylvia M. Peglar,A.A. Fathi,P. G. Appleby	48
9	A multi-proxy study of lake-development in response to catchment changes during the Holocene at Lochnagar, north-east Scotland 2005 ·Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology ·Catherine M. Dalton,H. J. B. Birks,Stephen J. Brooks,Nigel Cameron,Richard P. Evershed,Sylvia M. Peglar,Julie A. Scott,Roy Thompson	51
10	Holocene environmental history and climate of R�t�sj�en, a low-alpine lake in south-central Norway 2005 ·Journal of Paleolimnology ·Gaute Velle,(unknown),(unknown),Sylvia M. Peglar,H. J. B. Birks	77
11	Quantitative multiproxy assessment of long-term patterns of Holocene environmental change from a small lake near Abisko, northern Sweden 2002 ·The Holocene ·Christian Bigler,Isabelle Larocque,Sylvia M. Peglar,H. J. B. Birks,Roland I. Hall	174
12	The taxonomic distribution of rare and common species among families in the vascular plant flora of Fennoscandia 1999 ·Diversity and Distributions ·John‐Arvid Grytnes,H. J. B. Birks,Sylvia M. Peglar	7
13	¹⁴C Dating of Laminated Sediments from Loch Ness, Scotland 1997 ·Radiocarbon ·(unknown),P. E. O’Sullivan,D. D. Harkness,E.M. Lawson,David C. Bull,Alan E.S. Kemp,Sylvia M. Peglar,(unknown),Roger I. Jones,(unknown)	1
14	Mid- and late-Holocene vegetation history of Quidenham Mere, Norfolk, UK interpreted using recurrent groups of taxa 1993 ·Vegetation History and Archaeobotany ·Sylvia M. Peglar	14
15	Age and relationships of the Chillesford Clay (early Pleistocene: Suffolk, England) 1991 ·Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences ·Jan Zalasiewicz,Steve Mathers,Philip L. Gibbard,Sylvia M. Peglar,B. M. Funnell,J. A. Catt,Rex Harland,(unknown),(unknown)	24
16	Palynology of the interglacial deposits at Little Oakley, Essex, and their correlation 1990 ·Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences ·Philip L. Gibbard,Sylvia M. Peglar	12
17	Vegetation and Land-Use History at Diss, Norfolk, U.K. 1989 ·Journal of Ecology ·Sylvia M. Peglar,Sherilyn C. Fritz,H. J. B. Birks	50
18	Stratigraphy and palaeoenvironments of the Red Crag and Norwich Crag formations between Aldeburgh and Sizewell, Suffolk, England 1988 ·Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences ·Jan Zalasiewicz,Steve Mathers,(unknown),Philip L. Gibbard,Sylvia M. Peglar,Rex Harland,Robert A. Nicholson,G. S. Boulton,(unknown),Gary Wealthall	35
19	Identification of Picea pollen of Late Quaternary age in eastern North America: a numerical approach 1980 ·Canadian Journal of Botany ·H. J. B. Birks,Sylvia M. Peglar	46
20	A RADIOCARBON‐DATED POLLEN DIAGRAM FROM LOCH OF WINLESS, CAITHNESS, NORTH‐EAST SCOTLAND 1979 ·New Phytologist ·Sylvia M. Peglar	38

About Sylvia M. Peglar

Sylvia M. Peglar is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Earth-Surface Processes and Paleontology, having authored 49 papers that have together received 2.4k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (40 papers), Geological formations and processes (14 papers) and Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (11 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Paleontology (663 citations), Atmospheric Science (1.5k citations) and Anthropology (663 citations). Sylvia M. Peglar has collaborated with scholars based in United Kingdom, Norway and United States. Frequent co-authors include H. J. B. Birks, Hilary H. Birks, Neil L. Rose, John‐Arvid Grytnes, Carl D. Sayer, Anne E. Bjune, Christian Bigler, Isabelle Larocque, Roland I. Hall and Simon A. Parfitt. Their work appears in journals such as Nature, PLoS ONE and Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences.

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