Per Möller
Professor
Administration
I have been director for the geology department for seven years (2000-2006) and after that (2007-2011) assisting director with main responsibility towards economy and budget issues.
Teaching
As a glacial/Quaternary geologist I teach courses in glacial sedimentology and geomorphology, as well as glacial history. I also teach applied aspects of quaternary geology as hydrogeology, engineering geology and resource- and environmental geology.
Research
I’m active as a researcher - and much more now than in previous years as the administrative load has gone down - and PhD supervisor in two of our research groups; (1) Glacial Processes, Sediments and Landforms and (2) Reconstruction of Quaternary environments in Polar and mid-latitude regions - palaeoglaciology and climate history. Polar research lies close to my hart; since 1989 I have made extensive field work on Greenland, Svalbard, Siberia in arctic Russia and on Antarctica. Recently performed expeditions has been on the Taimyr Peninsula in Russian Siberia (2010, 2012) and to Tierra del Fuego in southernmost South America (2014). However, much of presently ongoing research centres arround (i) the formation of drumlins in south Sweden and, (ii) glacial history and palaeoenvironmental change in south Scandinavia for a period before the Last Glacial Maxumum (50-30,000 years ago, MIS 3). The latter will be carried out by means of core drilling in deep sediment successions in Småland and Skåne, and the project is financed trough a recently recieved 3-year grant from the Swedish Geological Survey.
Publications
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A bowhead whale vertebra embedded in marine limit beach sediment on Barentsøya, Svalbard
Per Möller
(2024) Polar Research, 43
Journal articleVentifacts and wind deflation surfaces in context with glaciofluvial sediment successions in southern Sweden – their age and implication for glacial history
Per Möller, Helena Alexanderson, Zoran Peric, Mayank Jain
(2024) Quaternary Science Reviews, 327
Journal articleCoupled luminescence and cosmogenic nuclide dating of postglacial deflation surfaces and sand drift on a raised ice-contact delta at Veinge, SW Sweden
Helena Alexanderson, Per Möller, Mayank Jain, Mads F. Knudsen, Nicolaj Krog Larsen, et al.
(2024) Quaternary Geochronology, 80
Journal articleVentifacts and wind deflation surfaces in context with glaciofluvial sediment successions in southern Sweden
Per Möller, Helena Alexanderson, Zoran Peric, Mayank Jain
(2024)
Conference paper: abstractDeglaciation history and subsequent lake dynamics in the Siljan region, south-central Sweden - LiDAR evidence and sediment records
Per Möller, Svante Björck, T.P.F. Dowling, Dan Hammarlund, Martin Jakobsson, et al.
(2024)
Conference paper: abstractLate glacial to Early Holocene deflation events and aeolian deposition on a raised ice-contact delta at Veinge, SW Sweden
Helena Alexanderson, Per Möller, Mayank Jain, Mads F. Knudsen, Nicolaj Krog Larsen, et al.
(2024)
Conference paper: abstractSubstantial light woodland and open vegetation characterized the temperate forest biome before Homo sapiens
Elena A. Pearce, Florence F Mazier, Signe Normand, Corrie Bakels, Ralph Fyfe, et al.
(2023) Science Advances, 9
Journal articleReply to: When did mammoths go extinct?
Yucheng Wang, Ana Prohaska, Haoran Dong, Adriana Alberti, Inger Greve Alsos, et al.
(2022) Nature, 612 p.4-6
Journal articleDeglaciation history and subsequent lake dynamics in the Siljan region, south-central Sweden, based on new LiDAR evidence and sediment records
Per Möller, Svante Björck, T.P.F. Dowling, Dan Hammarlund, Martin Jakobsson, et al.
(2022) Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 47 p.3515-3545
Journal articleReconstructing the local landscape around a Mesolithic settlement site at Sammakko in Norrbotten, northern Sweden
Anne Birgitte Nielsen, Svante Björck, Per Möller
(2022) 11th European Palaeobotany and Palynology Conference Abstracts, Program and Proceedings
Conference paperLast interglacial sea-level proxies in the glaciated Northern Hemisphere
April S Dalton, Evan J. Gowan, Jan Mangerud, Per Möller, Juha Pekka Lunkka, et al.
(2022) Earth System Science Data, 14 p.1447-1492
Journal articleLast interglacial (MIS 5e) sea level proxies in the glaciated Northern Hemisphere
April S. Dalton, Evan J. Gowan, Jan Mangerud, Per Möller, Juha Pekka Lunkka, et al.
(2022) Earth System Science Data, 14 p.1447-1492
PreprintRekonstruktion av paleomiljön för området kring den Mesolitiska stenåldersboplatsen vid Sammakko, Norrbotten
Per Möller, Anne Birgitte Nielsen, Svante Björck
(2022) Lundqua Report
ReportLate Quaternary Dynamics of Arctic Biota from Ancient Environmental Genomics
Yucheng Wang, Mikkel Winther Pedersen, Inger Greve Alsos, Bianca De Sanctis, Fernando Racimo, et al.
(2021) Nature, 600 p.86-92
Journal articleRelative sea level changes and glacio-isostatic modelling in the Beagle Channel, Tierra del Fuego, Chile : glacial and tectonic implications
Svante Björck, Kurt Lambeck, Per Möller, Nicolas Waldmann, Ole Bennike, et al.
(2021) Quaternary Science Reviews, 251
Journal articleMIS 3 sediment stratigraphy in southern Sweden sheds new light on the complex glacial history and dynamics across southern Scandinavia
Per Möller, Helena Alexanderson, JOHANNA ANJAR, Svante Björck
(2020) Boreas, 49 p.389-416
Journal articleUnveiling the Ecological Applications of Ancient DNA from Mollusk Shells
Clio Der Sarkissian, Per Möller, Courtney Hofman,, Peter Ilsøe, Torben Rick, et al.
(2020) Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 8
Journal articleData set on sedimentology, palaeoecology and chronology of Middle to Late Pleistocene deposits on the Taimyr Peninsula, Arctic Russia
Per Möller, Ivar Örn Benediktsson, JOHANNA ANJAR, Ole Bennike, Martin Bernhardson, et al.
(2019) Data in Brief, 25
Journal articleGlacial history and palaeo-environmental change of southern Taimyr Peninsula, Arctic Russia, during the Middle and Late Pleistocene
Per Möller, Ívar Örn Benediktsson, JOHANNA ANJAR, Ole Bennike, Martin Bernhardson, et al.
(2019) Earth-Science Reviews, 196
Journal articleA pre-LGM sandur at Fiskarheden in NW Dalarna, Sweden – sedimentology and glaciotectonic deformation.
Anne-Cecille Flindt, Helena Alexanderson, Ivar Örn Benediktsson, Per Möller
(2018) Boreas, 47 p.711-737
Journal articleEquifinality in glacial geomorphology: instability theory examined via ribbed moraine and drumlins in Sweden
Per Möller, Thomas Dowling
(2018) GFF, 140 p.106-135
Journal articleDrumlin formation: a mystery or not?
Anders Schomacker, Mark D. Johnson, Per Möller
(2018) GFF, 140 p.91-92
Journal article (comment)Rapid subglacial streamlined bedform formation at a calving bay margin
Thomas Dowling, Per Möller, Matteo Spagnolo
(2016) Journal of Quaternary Science, 31 p.879-892
Journal articleStreamlined subglacial bedforms on the Närke plain, south-central Sweden – areal distribution, morphometrics, internal architecture and formation
Per Möller, Thomas Dowling
(2016) Quaternary Science Reviews, 146 p.182-215
Journal articleA Younger Dryas re-advance of local glaciers in North Greenland
Nicolaj Larsen, Svend Funder, Henriette Linge, Per Möller, Anders Schomacker, et al.
(2016) Quaternary Science Reviews, 147 p.47-58
Journal articleMorphometry and core type of streamlined bedforms in southern Sweden from high resolution LiDAR
Tom Dowling, Matteo Spagnolo, Per Möller
(2015) Geomorphology, 236 p.54-63
Journal articleThe Taimyr Peninsula and the Severnaya Zemlya archipelago, Arctic Russia : a synthesis of glacial history and palaeo-environment change during the last glacial cycle (MIS 5e-2)
Per Möller, Helena Alexanderson, Svend Funder, Christian Hjort
(2015) Quaternary Science Reviews, 107 p.149-181
Journal articleThe importance of thermal boundary transitions on glacial geomorphology; mapping of ribbed/hummocky moraine and streamlined terrain from LiDAR, over Småland, South Sweden
Per Möller, Tom Dowling
(2015) GFF, 137 p.252-283
Journal articleDrumlinised glaciofluvial and glaciolacustrine sediments on the Småland peneplain, South Sweden – new evidence on the growth and decay history of the Fennoscandian Ice Sheets during MIS 3
Per Möller, Andrew Murray
(2015) Quaternary Science Reviews, 122 p.1-29
Journal articleUndersökning av kalciumkarbonatförekomsten i Vombfältet
Sandra Andersson Andersson, Per Möller, Linda Parkefelt, Kenneth M Persson
(2015) Vatten: tidskrift för vattenvård /Journal of Water Management and research, 71 p.17-26
Journal articleWeichselian history of the Fennoscandian ice sheet in southern Sweden and the southwestern Baltic Basin
Johanna Anjar, Lena Adrielsson, Nicolaj Larsen, Per Möller, Kilian Barth
(2014) Boreas, 43 p.608-626
Journal articleFifty thousand years of arctic vegetation change and megafauna diet
E Willerslev, J Davison, M Moora, E Zobel, E Coissac, et al.
(2014) Nature, 506 p.47-47
Journal articleA 10Be-based reconstruction of the last deglaciation in southern Sweden
Johanna Anjar, Nicolaj Krog Larsen, Lena Håkansson, Per Möller, Henriette Linge, et al.
(2014) Boreas, 43 p.132-148
Journal articleAn Arctic perspective on dating Mid-Late Pleistocene environmental history
Helena Alexanderson, J Backman, T M Cronin, S Funder, Ó Ingólfsson, et al.
(2014) Quaternary Science Reviews, 92 p.9-31
Journal article reviewArctic ocean glacial history
M Jakobsson, K Andreassen, L R Bjarnardóttir, D Dove, J A Dowdeswell, et al.
(2014) Quaternary Science Reviews, 92 p.40-67
Journal article reviewEemian and Early Weichselian environments in southern Sweden : a multi-proxy study of till-covered organic deposits from the Småland peneplain
Geoffrey Lemdahl, Anna Broström, Lars Hedenäs, Kristina Arvidsson, Sofia Holmgren, et al.
(2013) Journal of Quaternary Science, 28 p.705-719
Journal articleLiving at the margin of the retreating Fennoscandian ice sheet : the early mesolithic sites at Aareavaara, northernmost Sweden
Per Möller, Olof Östlund, Lena Barnekow, Per Sandgren, Frida Palmbo, et al.
(2013) The Holocene, 23 p.104-116
Journal articleThe new high-resolution LiDAR digital height model (‘Ny Nationell Höjdmodell’) and its application to Swedish Quaternary geomorphology
Tom Dowling, Helena Alexanderson, Per Möller
(2013) GFF, 135 p.145-151
Journal articleAn OSL-dated sediment sequence at Idre, west-central Sweden, indicates ice-free conditions in MIS 3
Per Möller, Johanna Anjar, Andrew Murray
(2013) Boreas, 42 p.25-42
Journal articleA comparative study of ancient sedimentary DNA, pollen and macrofossils from permafrost sediments of Northern Siberia reveals long-term vegetational stability
Tine Jørgensen, J Haile, Per Möller, A Andreev, S Boessenkool, et al.
(2012) Molecular Ecology, 21 p.1989-2003
Journal articlePalaeoenvironments in the southern Baltic Sea Basin during Marine Isotope Stage 3 : a multi-proxy reconstruction
Johanna Anjar, Lena Adrielsson, O Bennike, Svante Björck, Helena Filipsson, et al.
(2012) Quaternary Science Reviews, 34 p.81-92
Journal articleIce extent on the Taymyr Peninsula in time and space
Per Möller
(2012) Årsbok 2012 / Yearbook 2012 , p.24-25
Book chapterIce extent in time and space on the Taymyr Peninsula, Arctic Siberia
Per Möller
(2011) Yearbook 2010 , p.40-41
Book chapterRekonstruktion av paleomiljön för området kring stenåldersboplatserna vid Aareavaara, Norrbotten – jägarboplatser vid randen av en inlandsis?!
Per Möller, Lena Barnekow, Per Sandgren
(2011) Lundqua Report
ReportGlacial history of the Taymyr Peninsula and the Severnaya Zemlya archipelago, Arctic Russia
Per Möller, Christian Hjort, Helena Alexanderson, Florian Sallaba
(2011) Developments in Quaternary Science, 15 p.373-384
Book chapterPaper II - Dirt, dates and DNA: OSL and radiocarbon chronologies of perennially-frozen sediments in Siberia, and their implications for sedimentary ancient DNA studies
L.J. Arnold, R.G. Roberts, R.D.E. MacPhee, J.S. Haile, J.S. Brock, et al.
(2011) Boreas, 40 p.417-445
Journal articleA 10,000-year record of Arctic Ocean sea-ice variability - view from the Beach
S Funder, H Goose, H Jepsen, E Kaas, KH Kjær, et al.
(2011) Science, 333 p.747-750
Journal articleMelt-out till and ribbed moraine formation: a case study from south Sweden
Per Möller
(2010) Sedimentary Geology, 232 p.161-180
Journal articleLate Quaternary glaciation history of northernmost Greenland: evidence of shelf-based ice
Nicolaj Krog Larsen, K.H. Kjær, S. Funder, Per Möller, J.J.M. van der Meer, et al.
(2010) Quaternary Science Reviews, 29 p.3399-3414
Journal articleEarly to middle Holocene valley glaciations on northernmost Greenland
Per Möller, Nicolaj Krog Larsen, K.H. Kjær, S. Funder, A. Schomacker, et al.
(2010) Quaternary Science Reviews, 29 p.3379-3398
Journal articleGrimslöv-Ströbyhöjden: en lång istidshistoria
Per Möller
(2010) Skatelövskrönika 2010, 21 p.144-153
Book chapterSub-till sediments on the Småland peneplain : their age, and implications for south-Swedish glacial stratigraphy and glacial dynamics
Per Möller
(2010) Lundqua Report
ReportLate Quaternary glaciation history of Isla de los Estados, southeasternmost South America
Per Möller, Christian Hjort, Svante Björck, Jorge Rabassa, Juan Federico Ponce
(2010) Quaternary Research, 73 p.521-534
Journal articleLate Pleistocene glacial history of Jameson Land, central East Greenland, derived from cosmogenic (10)Be and (26)Al exposure dating
Lena Håkansson, H. Alexandersson, Christian Hjort, Per Möller, J.P. Briner, et al.
(2009) Boreas, 38 p.244-260
Journal articleAncient DNA reveals late survival of mammoth and horse in interior Alaska
J. Haile, D. Froese, R.D.E Macphee, R.G. Roberts, L.J. Arnold, et al.
(2009) Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 106 p.22352-22357
Journal articleLate Quaternary marine-based Kara Sea ice sheets: review of terrestrial stratigraphic data highlighting their formation
Ó. Ingólfsson, Per Möller, H. Lokrantz
(2008) Polar Research, 27 p.152-161
Journal articleGlacial and palaeo-environmental history of the Cape Chelyuskin area, Arctic Russia
Per Möller, G Federov, M Pavlov, M.-S. Seidenkrantz, Charlotte Sparrenbom
(2008) Polar Research, 27 p.222-248
Journal articleRibbed moraine formed by subglacial folding, thrust stacking and lee-side cavity infill
Mattias Lindén, Per Möller, Lena Adrielsson
(2008) Boreas, 37 p.102-131
Journal articleEarly Holocene environments on the October Revolution Island, Severnaya Zemlya, Arctic Russia
A. A. Andreev, D.J. Lubinski, A.A. Bobrov, Ó. Ingólfsson, S.L. Forman, et al.
(2008) Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 267 p.21-30
Journal articleInstantaneous end moraine and sediment wedge formation during the 1890 glacier surge of Brúarjökull, Iceland
Ivar Benediktsson, Per Möller, Ólafur Ingólfsson, Jaap van der Meer, Kurt Kjær, et al.
(2008) Quaternary Science Reviews, 27 p.209-234
Journal articleWhere the northernmost world ends – field work on Johannes V. Jensen Land, northern Greenland, for resolving its glacial and palaeoenvironmental history – part 2
Per Möller
(2008) Swedish Polar Research Secretariat, Yearbook 2007 , p.101-105
Book chapterIsla de los Estados – Quaternary geology and palaeoclimatology at the end of the world
Svante Björck, Christian Hjort, Karl Ljung, Per Möller, Barbara Wohlfarth
(2007) Polarforskninssekretariatets Årsbok 2006 (Polarforskninssekretariatets Årsbok) , p.44-49
Book chapterWhere the northernmost world ends – field work on Johannes V. Jensen Land, northern Greenland, for resolving its glacial and palaeoenvironmental history
Per Möller
(2007) Polarforskningssekretariatets Årsbok 2006 , p.74-77
Book chapterA Holocene lacustrine record in the central North Atlantic: proxies for volcanic activity, short-term NAO mode variability, and long-term precipitation changes
Svante Björck, Tammy Rittenour, P Rosen, Z Franca, Per Möller, et al.
(2006) Quaternary Science Reviews, 25 p.9-32
Journal articleSevernaya Zemlya, Arctic Russia: a nucleation area for Kara Sea ice sheets during the Middle to Late Quaternary
Per Möller, D. Lubinski, Ó. Ingólfsson, S.L Forman, M-S. Siedenkrantz, et al.
(2006) Quaternary Science Reviews, 25 p.2894-2936
Journal articleConstraints on the Late Saalian to early Middle Weichselian ice sheet of Eurasia from field data and rebound modelling
Kurt Lambeck, Anthony Purcell, Svend Funder, Kurt Kjaer, Eiliv Larsen, et al.
(2006) Boreas, 35 p.539-575
Journal articleRogen moraine: an example of glacial reshaping of pre-existing landforms
Per Möller
(2006) Quaternary Science Reviews, 25 p.362-389
Journal articleHolocene shore displacement and deglaciation chronology in Norrbotten, Sweden
Mattias Lindén, Per Möller, Svante Björck, Per Sandgren
(2006) Boreas, 35 p.1-22
Journal articleMarginal formation of De Geer moraines and their implications to the dynamics of grounding-line recession
Mattias Lindén, Per Möller
(2005) Journal of Quaternary Science, 20 p.113-133
Journal articleThe periglacial climate and environment in northern Eurasia during the Last Glaciation
HW Hubberten, A Andreev, VI Astakhov, I Demidov, JA Dowdeswell, et al.
(2004) Quaternary Science Reviews, 23 p.1333-1357
Journal article reviewLate quaternary ice sheet history of northern Eurasia
JI Svendsen, Helena Alexanderson, VI Astakhov, I Demidov, JA Dowdeswell, et al.
(2004) Quaternary Science Reviews, 23 p.1229-1271
Journal article reviewIce-dammed lakes and rerouting of the drainage of northern Eurasia during the Last Glaciation
J Mangerud, M Jakobsson, Helena Alexanderson, V Astakhov, GKC Clarke, et al.
(2004) Quaternary Science Reviews, 23 p.1313-1332
Journal articleQuaternary glacial and sea-level history of Severnaya Zemlya, Siberian high arctic: a record more than 250,000 years old
D. Lubinski, Per Möller, Ó. Ingólfsson
(2004) Polarforskningssekretariatets Årsbok , p.95-100
Book chapterWeichselian glaciation of the Taymyr Peninsula, Siberia
Christian Hjort, Per Möller, Helena Alexanderson
(2004) Quaternary Glaciations - Extent and Chronology. Part 1: Europe (Developements in Quaternary Science, 2A) , p.359-367
Book chapterGlacial and environmental history of Severnaya Zemlya, Siberian high arctic, during the last >130,000 years
Ó Ingólfsson, Per Möller
(2003) Polarforskningssekretariatets Årsbok , p.85-90
Book chapterDepositional history of the North Taymyr ice-marginal zone, Siberia - a landsystem approach
Helena Alexanderson, Lena Adrielsson, Christian Hjort, Per Möller, O Antonov, et al.
(2002) Journal of Quaternary Science, 17 p.361-382
Journal articleThe north Taymyr ice-marginal zone, arctic Siberia—a preliminary overview and dating
Helena Alexanderson, Christian Hjort, Per Möller, O. Antonov, M. Pavlov
(2001) Global and Planetary Change, 31 p.427-445
Journal articleWeichselian geology and palaeo-environmental history of the central Taymyr Peninsula, Siberia, indicating no glaciation during the last global glacial maximum
Per Möller, D. Yu. Bolshiyanov, Helena Bergsten
(1999) Boreas, 28 p.92-114
Journal articleMaximum extent of the Eurasian ice sheets in the Barents and Kara Sea region during the Weichselian
John Inge Svendsen, Valery I. Astakhov, Dimitri Yu. Bolshiyanov, Igor Demidov, Julian A. Dowdeswell, et al.
(1999) Boreas, 28 p.92-114
Journal articleAntarctic glacial history since the Last Glacial Maximum: an overview of the record on land
O. Ingolfsson, Christian Hjort, P A Berkman, Svante Björck, E Calhoun, et al.
(1998) Antarctic Science, 10 p.326-344
Journal articleHolocene deglaciation and climate history of the northern Antarctic Peninsula region : a discussion of correlations between the Southern and Northern Hemispheres
Christian Hjort, Svante Björck, Ó Ingólfsson, Per Möller
(1998) , p.110-112
Conference paper: abstractHolocene glacial history and sea level changes on James Ross Island, Antarctic Peninsula
Christian Hjort, Ólafur Ingólfsson, Per Möller, J M Lirio
(1997) Journal of Quaternary Science, 12 p.259-273
Journal articleSubrecent moraine ridge formation on Cuff Cape, Victoria Land, Antarctica
Per Möller
(1995) Geografiska Annaler, Series A: Physical Geography, 77 p.83-94
Journal articleThe Quaternary record of eastern Svalbard - an overview
Jon Y. Landvik, Christian Hjort, J Mangerud, Per Möller, Otto Salvigsen
(1995) Polar Research, 14 p.95-103
Journal articleLate Weichselian to early Holocene sedimentation in a steep fjord/valley setting, Visdalen, Edgeøya, eastern Svalbard: glacial deposits, alluvial/colluvial-fan deltas and spit-platforms
Per Möller, O P Stubdrup, Christian Kronborg
(1995) Polar Research, 14 p.181-203
Journal articleGravel and sand flotation: a sediment dispersal process important in certain nearshore environments
Per Möller, Ólafur Ingólfsson
(1994) Journal of Sedimentary Research, 64 p.894-898
Journal articleGlacial history of interior Jameson Land, East Greenland
Per Möller, Christian Hjort, Lena Adrielsson, Otto Salvigsen
(1994) Boreas, 23 p.320-348
Journal articleLate Quaternary glacial history of the west coast of Jameson Land, East Greenland
Per Möller, Ólafur Ingólfsson, Astrid Lyså, S Funder, Svante Björck
(1994) Boreas, 23 p.447-458
Journal articleLate Weichselian environmental history in southeastern Sweden during the deglaciation of the Scandinavian ice sheet
Per Möller, Svante Björck
(1987) Quaternary Research, 28 p.1-37
Journal articleMoraine morphology, till genesis and deglaciation pattern in the Åsnen area, South central Småland, Sweden
Per Möller
(1987) LUNDQUA Thesis, 20
Dissertation