The Krakenes late-glacial palaeoenvironmental project

• Main Authors: Birks, HH, Battarbee, RW, Beerling, DJ, Birks, HJB, Brooks, SJ, Duigan, CA, Gulliksen, S, Haflidason, H, Hauge, F, Jones, VJ, Jonsgard, B, Karevik, M, Larsen, E, Lemdahl, G, Lovlie, R, Mangerud, J, Peglar, SM, Possnert, G, Smol, JP, Solem, JO, Solhoy, I, Solhoy, T, Sonstegaard, E, Wright, HE
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: KLUWER ACADEMIC PUBL 1996
• Subjects: climatic change; environmental reconstruction; Krakenes; late-glacial; multi-disciplinary project; WESTERN NORWAY; Norway; glacier
• Online Access: http://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/176826/

Krakenes is the site of a small lake on the west coast of Norway that contains a long sequence of late-glacial sediments. The Younger Dryas is well represented, as a cirque glacier developed in the catchment at this time. This site offers unique opportunities to reconstruct late-glacial environments...