Professor Jungjae PARK
Education
(2005) PhD in Geography, University of California, Berkeley
(1999) MA in Geography, Seoul National University
(1997) BA in Geography, Seoul National University
Research Interests
Biogeography
Paleoclimatology and Paleoecology
Palynology and Paleolimnological studies
Prehistoric agriculture
Research Projects
(2021-2023) Influence of human disturbance on past environmental change on the Korean Peninsula (National Research Foundation of Korea)
(2020) Climate variability and societal changes (Seoul National University)
(2019 – 2021) Holocene cooling events and their impact on ancient societies in the Korean peninsula (National Research Foundation of Korea)
(2017-2020) Betwixt and in between-space?: changing landscape of the Jeju mid-mountain area and its historico-cultural meanings (Co-researcher, National Research Foundation of Korea)
(2016-2019) Understanding shift in (stone-)tool assemblages of prehistoric Korea in the context of climate change (Co-researcher, Academy of Korean Studies)
(2015-2022) East Asian climate change associated with atmospheric and oceanic circulations and its influence on ancient Korean civilizations (National Research Foundation of Korea)
(2015-2019) Climate and vegetation reconstructions of the (southern) Korean peninsula during the Holocene Climate Optimum (HCO) (Korean Institute of Geosciences and Mineral Resources)
Publications (only international peer-reviewed journal articles listed)
Herzschuh, U., Böhmer, T., Li, C., Chevalier, M., Dallmeyer, A., Cao, X., ... & Zheng, Z. (2022). LegacyClimate 1.0: A dataset of pollen-based climate reconstructions from 2594 Northern Hemisphere sites covering the late Quaternary. Earth System Science Data Discussions, 1-29.
Park, J., Jin, Q., Choi, J., Bahk, J., & Park, J. (2021). Late Holocene climate variability in central Korea indicated by vegetation, geochemistry, and fire records of the Yongneup moor. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 110705. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2021.110705
Park, J., Park, J., Yi, S., Lim, J., Kim, J. C., Jin, Q., & Choi, J. (2021). Holocene hydroclimate reconstruction based on pollen, XRF, and grain-size analyses and its implications for past societies of the Korean Peninsula. The Holocene, 31(9), 1489-1500. https://doi.org/10.1177/09596836211019115
Wogau, K. H., Arz, H. W., Böhnel, H. N., Nowaczyk, N. R., & Park, J. (2019). High resolution paleoclimate and paleoenvironmental reconstruction in the Northern Mesoamerican Frontier for Prehistory to Historical times. Quaternary Science Reviews, 226, 106001. doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2019.106001
Park, J., Park, J., Yi, S., Kim, J.C., Lee, E., Choi, J. (2019). Abrupt Holocene climate events of coastal East Asia including the 8.2 ka, 4.2 ka, and 2.8 ka coolings, and the societal responses on the Korean peninsula. Scientific Reports, 9, 10806. doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-47264-8
Constantine, M., Kim, M., Park, J. (2019). Mid- to late-Holocene cooling events in the Korean Peninsula and their possible impact on ancient societies. Quaternary Research. doi.org/10.1017/qua.2018.132
Park, J., Byrne, R., Böhnel, H. (2019). Late Holocene climate change in central Mexico and the decline of Teotihuacan. Annals of the Association of American Geographers. doi.org/10.1080/24694452.2018.1488577
Park, J., Park, J., Yi, S., Kim, J.C., Lee, E., Jin, Q. (2018). The 8.2 ka cooling event in coastal East Asia: High-resolution pollen evidence from southwestern Korea. Scientific Reports, 8, 12423. doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-31002-7
Park, J., Han, J., Jin, Q., Bahk, J., & Yi, S. (2017). The Link between ENSO-like Forcing and Hydroclimate Variability of Coastal East Asia during the Last Millennium. Scientific Reports, 7, 8166. doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-08538-1
Park, J., Byrne, R., & Böhnel, H. (2017). The combined influence of Pacific decadal oscillation and Atlantic multidecadal oscillation on central Mexico since the early 1600s. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 464, 1-9. doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2017.02.013
Park, J. (2017). Solar and tropical ocean forcing of late-Holocene climate change in coastal East Asia. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 469, 74-83. doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2017.01.005
Park J, Shin YH, Byrne R. 2016. Late-Holocene vegetation and climate change in Jeju Island, Korea and its implications for ENSO influences. Quarternary Science Reviews 153: 40-50. doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2016.10.011
Chae I, Park J. 2016. Climate change and human activities over the past millennium at Mt. Jeombong, central-eastern Korea. Geosciences Journal 20: 477-484. doi.org/10.1007/s12303-015-0058-6
Park J, Kim M. 2015. Pollen-inferred Late Holocene Agricultural Developments in the Vicinity of Woljeong-ri, Southwestern Korea. Quaternary International 384: 13-21. doi.org/10.1016/j.quaint.2015.01.013
Park J, Park J. 2015. Pollen-based temperature reconstructions from Jeju island, South Korea and its implication for coastal climate of East Asia during the late Pleistocene and early Holocene. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 417: 445-457. doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2014.10.005
Park J, Lim HS, Lim J, Park Y-H. 2014. High-resolution multi-proxy evidence for millennial- and centennial-scale climate oscillations during the last deglaciation in Jeju Island, South Korea. Quaternary Science Reviews 105: 112-125. doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2014.10.003
Park J, Lim HS, Lim J, Yu KB, Choi J. 2014. Orbital- and millennial-scale climate and vegetation changes between 32.5 and 6.9 k cal a BP from Hanon Maar paleolake on Jeju Island, South Korea. Journal of Quaternary Science 29: 570-580. doi.org/10.1002/jqs.2730
Kim M, Park J. 2014. Vegetation history, agricultural intensification, and changes in wood-resource utilization in ancient Southwest Korea (1500 BC-AD 700). The Holocene 24: 118-129. doi.org/10.1177/0959683613515731
Park J, Kim M, Lim HS, Choi J. 2013. Pollen and sediment evidence for late-Holocene human impact at the Seonam-dong archeological site, Gwangju, Korea. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology 193: 110-118. doi.org/10.1016/j.revpalbo.2013.01.012
Park J, Yu KB, Lim HS, Shin YH. 2012. Multi-proxy evidence for late Holocene anthropogenic environmental changes at Bongpo marsh on the east coast of Korea. Quaternary Research 78: 209-216. doi.org/10.1016/j.yqres.2012.05.003
Park J, Yu KB, Lim HS, Shin YH. 2012. Holocene environmental changes on the east coast of Korea. Journal of Paleolimnology 48: 535-544. doi.org/10.1007/s10933-012-9629-y
Park J. (2011). A modern pollen–temperature calibration data set from Korea and quantitative temperature reconstructions for the Holocene. The Holocene, 21(7), 1125-1135. doi.org/10.1177/0959683611400462
Park J, Byrne R, Bohnel H, Garza RM, Conserva M. 2010. Holocene climate change and human impact, central Mexico: a record based on maar lake pollen and sediment chemistry. Quaternary Science Reviews 29: 618-632. doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2009.10.017
Kienel, U., Bowen, S. W., Byrne, R., Park, J., Böhnel, H., Dulski, P., ... & Negendank, J. F. (2009). First lacustrine varve chronologies from Mexico: impact of droughts, ENSO and human activity since AD 1840 as recorded in maar sediments from Valle de Santiago. Journal of Paleolimnology, 42(4), 587-609. doi.org/10.1007/s10933-009-9307-x
Chaparro, M. A., Böhnel, H. N., Byrne, R., Nowaczyk, N. R., Molina-Garza, R. S., Park, J., & Negendank, J. F. (2008). Palaeomagnetic secular variation and rock-magnetic studies of Holocene sediments from a maar lake (Hoya de San Nicolas) in Central Mexico. Geophysical Journal International, 175(2), 462-476. doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-246X.2008.03893.x
Email
jungjaep@snu.ac.kr
Address
16-439, 1, Gwanak-ro, Gwanak-gu, Seoul, 08826, Republic of Korea