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The Kråkenes late-glacial palaeoenvironmental project

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Kråkenes 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 from independent sources of evidence; physical evidence (glacial geomorphology, sedimentology, palaeomagnetism, radiocarbon dating), and biological evidence from the remains of animals and plants derived from both the terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems. This report describes the background to the site, and the international multidisciplinary project to reconstruct late-glacial and early Holocene environmental and climatic changes at Kråkenes.

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  1. Botanical Institute, University of Bergen, Allégaten 41, N-5007, Bergen, Norway

    Hilary H. Birks, H. J. B. Birks, B. Jonsgard & S. M. Peglar

  2. Environmental Change Research Centre, Department of Geography, University College London, 26 Bedford Way, WC1H 0AP, London, UK

    R. W. Battarbee, H. J. B. Birks & V. J. Jones

  3. Department of Animal and Plant Sciences, University of Sheffield, S10 2TN, Sheffield, UK

    D. J. Beerling

  4. Department of Entomology, The Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, SW7 5BD, London, UK

    S. J. Brooks

  5. Cyngor Cefn Gwlad Cymru-Countryside Council for Wales, Plas Penrhos, Ffordd Penrhos, LL57 2LQ, Bangor, Gwynedd, UK

    C. A. Duigan

  6. Radiological Dating Laboratory, University of Trondheim, Sem Sælandsvei 5, N-7034, Trondheim, Norway

    S. Gulliksen

  7. Department of Geology, University of Bergen, Allégaten 41, N-5007, Bergen, Norway

    H. Haflidason & J. Mangerud

  8. Geological Institute, University of Tromsø, N-9037, Tromsø, Norway

    M. Kårevik

  9. Geological Survey of Norway, Leiv Erikssons vei 39, Boks 3006-Lade, N-7002, Trondheim, Norway

    E. Larsen

  10. Department of Quaternary Geology, University of Lund, Tornavägen 13, S-223 63, Lund, Sweden

    G. Lemdahl

  11. Institute of Solid Earth Physics, University of Bergen, Allégaten 41, N-5007, Bergen, Norway

    F. Hauge & R. Løvlie

  12. The Svedberg Laboratory, Uppsala University, Boks 533, S-751 21, Uppsala, Sweden

    G. Possnert

  13. PEARL, Department of Biology, Queen's University, K7L 3N6, Kingston, Ontario, Canada

    J. P. Smol

  14. The Museum, University of Trondheim, N-7004, Trondheim, Norway

    J. O. Solem

  15. Institute of Zoology, University of Bergen, Allégaten 36, N-5007, Bergen, Norway

    I. Solhøy & T. Solhøy

  16. Sogn & Fjordane College, P.O. Box 133, N-5801, Sogndal, Norway

    E. Sønstegaard

  17. Limnological Research Center, University of Minnesota, Pillsbury Hall, 55455, Minneapolis, MN, USA

    H. E. Wright

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Birks, H.H., Battarbee, R.W., Beerling, D.J. et al. The Kråkenes late-glacial palaeoenvironmental project. J Paleolimnol 15, 281–286 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00213048

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