Les C. Cwynar

University of New Brunswick — Canada

Earth and Planetary Sciences · Physical Sciences

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Research Topics

Geology and Paleoclimatology Research(99), Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology(33), Isotope Analysis in Ecology(22), Climate change and permafrost(19), Geological formations and processes(18)

Publications120 total

Distance-to-the-ocean drives diatom assemblages in coastal lakes of Burin Peninsula (Newfoundland, Canada)
Hydrobiologia·2026
High-resolution forest and fire dynamics from Fish Lake, New Brunswick, Canada, during the last millennium
The Holocene·2025Open Access
Correction: A Holocene fire history from Terra Nova National Park, Newfoundland, Canada: vegetation and climate change both influenced the fire regime
Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution·2025Open Access
Impact of extreme coastal events on a brackish lake on the Burin Peninsula, Newfoundland, Canada
2025Open Access
Increasing Tephra Deposition in Northeastern North America Points to Atmospheric Circulation Changes at the Early Mid Holocene Transition
Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres·2025· 1 citedOpen Access
A Holocene fire history from Terra Nova National Park, Newfoundland, Canada: vegetation and climate change both influenced the fire regime
Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution·2024· 1 citedOpen Access
Holocene vegetation and wildfire disturbance in boreal central Yukon, Canada
Arctic Science·2024· 1 citedOpen Access
Impact of extreme coastal events on a brackish lake on the Burin Peninsula, Newfoundland, Canada
The Science of The Total Environment·2024· 3 citedOpen Access
Impact of Extreme Coastal Events on a Brackish Lake on the Burin Peninsula, Newfoundland, Canada
SSRN Electronic Journal·2024Open Access
Refining the history of extreme coastal events in southern Newfoundland, NW Atlantic, with lake sediment archives
Quaternary Science Reviews·2023· 6 citedOpen Access
The late-Holocene relationship between peatland water table depth and summer temperature in northern Poland
Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology·2021· 22 citedOpen Access
A latest Pleistocene and Holocene composite tephrostratigraphic framework for northeastern North America
Quaternary Science Reviews·2021· 44 citedOpen Access
Dung analysis of the East Milford mastodons: dietary and environmental reconstructions from central Nova Scotia at ∼75 ka years BP
Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences·2021· 7 citedOpen Access
Publisher Correction: A global database of Holocene paleotemperature records
Scientific Data·2020· 62 citedOpen Access
Author Correction: A global database of Holocene paleotemperature records
Scientific Data·2020· 9 citedOpen Access
Publisher Correction: A global database of Holocene paleotemperature records
Scientific Data·2020· 36 citedOpen Access
A global database of Holocene paleotemperature records
Scientific Data·2020· 293 citedOpen Access
Distinguishing eastern North American forest moth pests by wing-scale ultrastructure: potential applications in paleoecology
FACETS·2019· 3 citedOpen Access
Subdividing the Holocene Series/Epoch: formalization of stages/ages and subseries/subepochs, and designation of GSSPs and auxiliary stratotypes
Journal of Quaternary Science·2019· 233 cited
Formal Subdivision of the Holocene Series/Epoch: A Summary
Journal of the Geological Society of India·2019· 135 citedOpen Access
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Frequent Co-authors

Svante Björck(9), J. John Lowe(9), Glen M. MacDonald(9), Ian R. Walker(9), André J. Levesque(7), Mike Walker(6), Rewi M. Newnham(6), Sune Olander Rasmussen(6), Konrad Gajewski(6), John T. Andrews(5), David F. Porinchu(5), Francis E. Mayle(5), Max Berkelhammer(4), David Fisher(4), Antony J. Long(4), Harvey Weiss(4), S. J. Johnsen(4), Thomas A. Ager(4), Mary E. Edwards(4), Andrei Andreev(4)