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Educational Background
- Ph.D., 1998, Geology, Universitat de Barcelona
- B.Sc., 1992, Geology, Universitat de Barcelona
Research Interests
- Reconstruction of paleoclimate changes and anthropogenic impacts using highresolution multiproxy study of lacustrine sediments.
- Reconstruction of highfrequency climate phenomena, such as the North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO) and the El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO).
- Statistical methods for isolating and characterizing paleoenvironmental signals (climate signals vs. tectonic, volcanic and/or anthropogenic signals).
- Late Glacial and Holocene paleoenvironmental evolution of the Iberian Peninsula.
- Sedimentary processes in lacustrine environments.
- Uraniumseries disequilibrium (234U/230Th) dating method.
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PREVIOUS SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
Bernárdez, P., R. Prego, S. Giralt, J. Esteve, M. Caetano, S. Parra, and G. Francés (2012), Geochemical and mineralogical characterization of surficial sediments from the Northern Rias: Implications for sediment provenance and impact of the source rocks, Marine Geology, 291-294, 63-72, doi: 10.1016/j.margeo.2011.11.003.
Cañellas-Boltà, N., V. Rull, A. Sáez, O. Margalef, S. Giralt, J. J. Pueyo, H. H. Birks, H. J. B. Birks, and S. Pla-Rabes (2012), Macrofossils in Raraku Lake (Easter Island) integrated with sedimentary and geochemical records: Towards a palaeoecological synthesis for the last 34,000 years, Quaternary Science Reviews, 34, 113-126, doi: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2011.12.013.
Gómez-Paccard, M., J. C. Larrasoaa, S. Giralt, and A. P. Roberts (2012), First paleomagnetic results of mid-to late Holocene sediments from Lake Issyk-Kul (Kyrgyzstan): Implications for paleosecular variation in central Asia, Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 13(1), doi: 10.1029/2011GC004015.
Vegas-Vilarrúbia, T., J. Sigró, and S. Giralt (2012), Connection between El Niño-Southern Oscillation events and river nitrate concentrations in a Mediterranean river, Science of the Total Environment, 426, 446-453, doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2012.03.079.
Ballesteros, D., M. Jiménez-Sánchez, J. García-Sansegundo, and S. Giralt (2011), Geological methods applied to speleogenetical research in vertical caves: The example of Torca Teyera shaft (Picos de Europa, northern Spain), Carbonates and Evaporites, 26(1), 29-40, doi: 10.1007/s13146-011-0052-7.
Colonese, A. C., E. Camarós, E. Verdún, J. Estévez, S. Giralt, and M. Rejas (2011), Integrated archaeozoological research of shell middens: New insights into hunter-gatherer-fisher coastal exploitation in Tierra del Fuego, Journal of Island and Coastal Archaeology, 6(2), 235-254, doi: 10.1080/15564894.2011.586088.
Corella, J. P., A. Moreno, M. Morellón, V. Rull, S. Giralt, M. T. Rico, A. Pérez-Sanz, and B. L. Valero-Garcés (2011), Climate and human impact on a meromictic lake during the last 6,000 years (Montcortès Lake, Central Pyrenees, Spain), Journal of Paleolimnology, 46(3), 351-367, doi: 10.1007/s10933-010-9443-3.
Giralt, S., M. T. Rico-Herrero, J. C. Vega, and B. L. Valero-Garcés (2011), Quantitative climate reconstruction linking meteorological, limnological and XRF core scanner datasets: The Lake Sanabria case study, NW Spain, Journal of Paleolimnology, 46(3), 487-502, doi: 10.1007/s10933-011-9509-x.
Hernández, A., R. Bao, S. Giralt, P. A. Barker, M. J. Leng, H. J. Sloane, and A. Sáez (2011), Biogeochemical processes controlling oxygen and carbon isotopes of diatom silica in Late Glacial to Holocene lacustrine rhythmites, Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 299(3-4), 413-425, doi: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2010.11.020.
Larrasoaña, J. C., M. Gómez-Paccard, S. Giralt, and A. P. Roberts (2011), Rapid locking of tectonic magnetic fabrics in weakly deformed mudrocks, Tectonophysics, 507(1-4), 16-25, doi: 10.1016/j.tecto.2011.05.003.
Martín-Puertas, C., B. L. Valero-Garcés, M. P. Mata, A. Moreno, S. Giralt, F. Martínez-Ruiz, and F. Jiménez-Espejo (2011), Geochemical processes in a Mediterranean Lake: A high-resolution study of the last 4,000 years in Zoñar Lake, southern Spain, Journal of Paleolimnology, 46(3), 405-421, doi: 10.1007/s10933-009-9373-0.
Nieto-Moreno, V., F. Martínez-Ruiz, S. Giralt, F. Jiménez-Espejo, D. Gallego-Torres, M. Rodrigo-Gámiz, J. García-Orellana, M. Ortega-Huertas, and G. J. De Lange (2011), Tracking climate variability in the western Mediterranean during the Late Holocene: A multiproxy approach, Climate of the Past, 7(4), 1395-1414, doi: 10.5194/cp-7-1395-2011.
Rull, V., P. González-Sampériz, J. P. Corella, M. Morellón, and S. Giralt (2011), Vegetation changes in the southern Pyrenean flank during the last millennium in relation to climate and human activities: The Montcortès lacustrine record, Journal of Paleolimnology, 46(3), 387-404, doi: 10.1007/s10933-010-9444-2.
Giralt, S., L. Cabrera, and E. H. Gierlowski-Kordesch (2010), Paleolimnology, Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 294(1-2), 1-3, doi: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2010.05.030.
Giralt, S., and B. L. Valero-Garcés (2010), Paleolimnology, Journal of Quaternary Science, 25(7), 1049-1050, doi: 10.1002/jqs.1446.
Hernández, A., S. Giralt, R. Bao, A. Sáez, M. J. Leng, and P. A. Barker (2010), ENSO and solar activity signals from oxygen isotopes in diatom silica during late glacial-Holocene transition in central Andes (18°S), Journal of Paleolimnology, 44(2), 413-429, doi: 10.1007/s10933-010-9412-x.
Rull, V., N. Cañellas-Boltà, A. Sáez, S. Giralt, S. Pla, and O. Margalef (2010), Paleoecology of Easter Island: Evidence and uncertainties, Earth-Science Reviews, 99(1-2), 50-60, doi: 10.1016/j.earscirev.2010.02.003.
Sáez, A., B. L. Valero-Garcés, S. Giralt, A. Moreno, R. Bao, J. J. Pueyo, A. Hernández, and D. Casas (2009), Glacial to Holocene climate changes in the SE Pacific. The Raraku Lake sedimentary record (Easter Island, 27°S), Quaternary Science Reviews, 28(25-26), 2743-2759, doi: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2009.06.018.