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Selected publications

• Last, William M. and Shang, R., 2005. Big & Salty: Geolimnology and Paleolimnology of Saline Lacustrine Giants of The Great Plains. Program and Abstracts Water, Ice, Land and Life: The Quaternary Interface. CANQUA 2005 Conference June 5-8 Winnipeg, Manitoba, A43.

• Last, William M. and Morancy, C., 2005. Lithostratigraphy and Mineralogy Of Riverine Lakes From The Red River Valley Of Southern Manitoba and North Dakota. Program and Abstracts Water, Ice, Land and Life: The Quaternary Interface. CANQUA 2005 Conference June 5-8 Winnipeg, Manitoba, A42.

• Last, W. M., and Teller, J. T., 2004. Paleolimnology of Lake Manitoba, Canada: the lithostratigraphic evidence. Geographie physique et Quaternaire, v. 56: 135-154. pdf

• Morancy, C., Last, W. M., and Medioli, B., 2003. Lithostratigraphy & Mineralogy of Riverine Lakes from The Red River Valley of Manitoba & North Dakota: Search for Long-term Red River Flood Records. International Limnogeology Congress, Abstracts volume, p. 189.

• Morancy, C.K.J., Last, W.M., and Medioli, B. E., 2003. A Geolimnological Evaluation of Three Lakes from the Red River Valley of Southern Manitoba and North Dakota. WIUGC, 2003.

• Last, W. M., and Teller, J. T., 2002. History of Lake Manitoba: Lithostratigraphy and Mineralogy of the Largest Lake in the Northern Great Plains. International Assoc. Great Lakes Research Symposium.

• Lewis, C. F. M. et al. (23 additional authors), 2000. Holocene history of Lake Winnipeg reveals uplift-driven lake expansion and an episode of severe aridity: implications for climate change. Abstracts Volume, 8th International Paleolimnology Symposium, Queen’s University, Kingston.

• Risberg, J., Sandgren, P., Teller, J. T., and Last, W. M., 1999. Siliceous microfossils and mineral magnetic characteristic in a sediment core from Lake Manitoba, Canada. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 36: 1299-1314. pdf

• Lewis, C. F. M. et al. (23 additional authors), 1999. The evolution of Lake Winnipeg: a record of climate change, postglacial rebound and river diversion. CANQUA/CGRG Annual Meeting, Calgary, p. 40.

• Henderson, P. and Last, W. M., 1998. Holocene sedimentation in Lake Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. Journal of Paleolimnology, vol. 19, p. 265-284.

• Todd, B. J., Lewis, C.F.M., Thorleifson, L. H., Nielsen, E., and Last, W. M. (Editors), 1998. Paleolimnology of Lake Winnipeg: Special Issue of Journal of Paleolimnology, volume 19, Issue #3, 252 pp.

• Todd, B. J., Lewis, C.F.M., Thorleifson, L. H., Nielsen, E., and Last, W. M., 1998. Paleolimnology of Lake Winnipeg: Introduction and overview. Journal of Paleolimnology, vol. 19, p. 211-213.

• Last, W. M., and Vance, R. E., 1998. Paleoclimate on the Northern Great Plains: the conversation. Geological Society of America, Annual Meeting, Abstracts with Program.

• Last, W. M., 1998. Salt and Mud of the Prairies: A look at the Use and Misuse of saline lakes in paleoenvironmental and paleoclimatic reconstructions in western Canada. Proceedings with Abstracts, Annual Meeting of Prairie Geographers Association of Canada, (invited presentation).

• Last, W. M., & Teller, J. T., 1997. Paleolimnology of Lake Manitoba: solutions, complications, and contradictions in the record of a large lake in the Prairies of western Canada. Würzburger Geographische Manuskripte, Heft 41, p. 117-118.

• Henderson, P., and Last, W. M., 1996. Implications of compositional trends in sediment cores from Lake Winnipeg. Geol. Assoc. Canada, Program with Abstracts, p. 44.

• Ito, E., Last, W. M., & Teller, J. T., 1996. Holocene hydrochemistry of Lake Manitoba, Canada, reconstructed from δ18O, Mg/Ca and Sr/Ca analyses of ostracode calcite. Geol. Assoc. Canada, Program with Abstracts, p. 46.

• Last, W. M., 1996. Bulk composition, texture, and mineralogy of Lake Winnipeg core and surface grab samples. In: Lake Winnipeg Project: Cruise Report and Scientific Results (eds.: B. J. Todd, C. F. M. Lewis, L. H. Thorleifson, and E. Nielsen), Geological Survey of Canada Open File Report 3113, p. 209-220.

• Last, W. M., 1996. Geochemistry, texture, and mineralogy of Lake Winnipeg sediments. In: Lake Winnipeg Project: Cruise Report and Scientific Results (eds.: B. J. Todd, C. F. M. Lewis, L. H. Thorleifson, and E. Nielsen), Geological Survey of Canada Open File Report 3113, p. 485-584.

• Last, W. M., 1996. Salt, mud, and climate: a decade of saline lake paleolimnology in the northern Great Plains. Can. Assoc. Geographers, Program with Abstracts, p. 132-133. (invited keynote presentation)

• Last, W. M., 1996. Anatomy of a major mid-Holocene drying event in Lake Manitoba: New evidence for an old story. Can. Association of Geographers, Program with Abstracts, p. 131-132.

• Curry, B. B., Teller, J. T., Last, W. M., and Ito, E., 1995. The paleohydrology of Lake Manitoba, Canada, based on ostracodes. Geol. Soc. Amer. Annual Meeting, p. 253.

• Last, W. M., Teller, J. T., Risberg, J., and Sandgren, P., 1995. Lake Manitoba project: final word in the history of a large prairie lake; or new chapter in a never ending story? Geol. Soc. Amer. Vol. 27, # 3, p. 68.

• Last, W. M., and G. Carelse, 1995. Lake Winnipeg mineralogy, lithostratigraphy and organic geochemistry (invited presentation). Lake Winnipeg Workshop Abstracts and Program, p. 36.

• Teller, J. T., Last, W. M., and Risberg, J., 1995. The record and history or Lake Manitoba an analog for Lake Winnipeg? Lake Winnipeg Workshop Abstracts and Program, p. 32.

• Last, W. M. and Shang, Y., 1995. Saline lacustrine giants of the northern Great Plains. Geol. Soc. Amer. Vol. 27, # 3, p. 68.

• Last, W. M., Teller, J. T., and Forester, R. M., 1994. Paleohydrology and paleochemistry of Lake Manitoba, Canada: the isotope and ostracode records. Journal of Paleolimnology, vol 12, pages 269-283.

• Last, W. M., Teller, J. T., and Forester, R. M., 1993. Paleolimnology and paleohydrology of Lake Manitoba, Canada. 6th International Paleolimnology Symposium Programme & Abstracts, p. 35.

• Teller, J. T., Naldrett, D. L., and Last, W. M., 1992. Using the Lake Manitoba record to Decipher Prairie Holocene history: Sediments, Isotopes, and Organisms. 2nd Palliser Triangle Global Change Conference, Program with Abstracts, p. 23.

• Teller, J.T., and Last, W. M., 1990, Paleohydrological Indicators in Playas and Salt Lakes, with examples from Australia, South West Africa, and Canada. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, and Palaeoecology, vol. 76, p. 215-240. pdf

• Last, W. M., 1988, Saline Lake Paleolimnology in Western Canada: The Facts, the Fears, and Future. Abstracts Volume, The Palliser Triangle Mosaic: Spatial and Temporal Aspects of a Region.

• Teller, J.T., and Last, W. M., 1988, Lake Agassiz: A Giant Pleistocene Freshwater Lake. IAS/IGCPProject 219 International Symposium on Sedimentology Related to Mineral Deposits, Abstracts Volume.

• Last, W. M., 1984. Modern sedimentology and hydrology of Lake Manitoba, Canada. Environmental Geology, vol. 5, p. 177-190.

• Last, W. M., and Teller, J. T., 1983, Holocene Climate and Hydrology of the Lake Manitoba Basin. In: Teller, J. T., and Clayton, L. (eds.), Glacial Lake Agassiz, Geological Association Canada Special Publication 26, p. 333-354. pdf
• Teller, J. T. and Last, W. M., 1982, Pedogenic Horizons in Lake Sediments. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, vol. 7, p. 367-381. pdf

• Last, W. M., 1982, Holocene Carbonate Sedimentation in Lake Manitoba, Canada. Sedimentology, v. 29, p. 691-704. pdf

• Last, W. M., 1982, Chemical and Clastic Sedimentation in Lake Manitoba, Canada. Internat. Assoc. Sediment. Proc., p. 128.

• Last, W. M., and Teller, J. T., 1982, Paleoclimate and Paleohydrology of the Lake Manitoba Basin. Geol. Assoc. Canada Program with Abstracts, v. 7, p. 62.

• Teller, J. T., and Last, W. M., 1981, Late Quaternary History of Lake Manitoba, Canada. Quaternary Research, v. 16, p. 97-116.

• Last, W. M. 1981, Spatial and Temporal Changes in Water Chemistry of Lake Manitoba. Proc. Second Biennial Plain Aquatic Research Conference, p. 10.

• Carter, A. R., and Last, W. M., 1981, Diagenetic Iron Sulfide in Lake Manitoba Sediment. Proc. Second Biennial Plains Aquatic Research Conference, p. 10.

• Last, W. M., 1981, High Magnesian Calcite in Lake Manitoba Sediments. Geol. Assoc. Canada, Program with Abstracts v. 6, p. A34.

• Last, W. M., 1981, Holocene Carbonate Sedimentology of a Large Prairie Lake. Geol. Soc. Amer. Abst. v. 13, p. 202.

• Teller, J. T., Nambudiri, E. M. V., and Last, W. M., 1980, Errors in Radiocarbon Dates due to Contamination by Finegrained Organic Matter. Proc. 26th Internat. Geol. Congress, v. 6, p. 291.

• Last, W. M., and Teller, J. T., 1980, Lake Manitoba Stratigraphic Record: Evidence for Repeated Hypsithermal Desiccation. AMQUA Abstracts Vol., 6th Biennial Meeting, p. 123-124.

• Last, W. M., 1980. Sedimentology and post-glacial history of Lake Manitoba. Ph.D. Thesis, University of Manitoba.

• Last, W. M., 1979, Lake Manitoba Geolimnology and Postglacial History. 15th Annual Western InterUniversity Geological Conference, p. 45.
• Last, W. M., 1979, Recent Sediments of Lake Manitoba. Geol. Soc. Amer. Abst. v. 11, p. 235.

• Last, W. M., and Teller, J. T., 1979, Holocene History of Lake Manitoba. Geol. Soc. Amer. Abst. v. 11, p. 234-235.
• Last, W. M., 1979, Lake Manitoba: A Brief Review of the Developmental History of A Major Prairie Reservoir. Proc. Plains Aquatic Research Conf., p.

• Nambudiri, E. M. V., Teller, J. T., and Last, W. M., 1980, PreQuaternary Microfossils A guide to errors in radiocarbon dating. Geology, vol. 8, p. 123-127. pdf

• Teller, J. T. and Last, W. M., 1979. Postglacial Sedimentation and History of Lake Manitoba. Manitoba Mines, Natural Resources, and Environmental Management Report No. 7941, 185 pp.

• Last, W. M., 1979. Lake Manitoba Geolimnology. University of Manitoba Delta Marsh Field Station Annual Report, No. 12, p. 26-35.
• Last, W. M., and Teller, J. T., 1979. Late Pleistocene and Holocene Sedimentation History of Lake Manitoba. University of Manitoba Delta Marsh Field Station Annual Report No. 13, p. 43-51.

• Last, W. M., 1974. Clay Mineralogy and stratigraphy of offshore Lake Agassiz sediments in southern Manitoba. M.Sc. thesis, University of Manitoba.