THE LATE-GLACIAL AT LAC-DE-CRENO (CORSICA, FRANCE) - A KEY SITE IN THE WESTERN MEDITERRANEAN BASIN

The lower part (460-650 cm) of a lacustrine sequence from Lac de Creno , Corsica (1310 m) is analysed on the basis of 68 pollen spectra and w ith the support of 10 C-14 dates (including nine A.M.S. dates). This s equence, which extends from the end of the Wurm to the beginning of th e Postglacial, reveals a complete late-glacial. The absence of forest dynamics during the late glacial Interstadial in Corsica is a real mys tery. Pollen data clearly suggest that Pinus laricio (= Pinus nigra Ar nold ssp. laricio Maire) and perhaps other tree species did not exist in Corsica at that time.