Lars Bjørn Clemmensen (born October, 31st in Copenhagen) is a Danish Professor of

Sedimentology Sedimentology encompasses the study of modern sediments such as sand, silt, and clay, and the processes that result in their formation (erosion and weathering), transport, deposition and diagenesis. Sedimentologists apply their understanding of mo ...

in the Department of Geosciences and Natural Resource Management,

Copenhagen University The University of Copenhagen ( da, Københavns Universitet, KU) is a prestigious public research university in Copenhagen, Denmark. Founded in 1479, the University of Copenhagen is the second-oldest university in Scandinavia after Uppsala Unive ...

. Lars was born in Valby (Copenhagen) and grew up in Hvidovre, before moving to Frederiksberg. He extensively worked with the geology of

Greenland Greenland ( kl, Kalaallit Nunaat, ; da, Grønland, ) is an island country in North America that is part of the Kingdom of Denmark. It is located between the Arctic and Atlantic oceans, east of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago. Greenland is t ...

, mostly on the

Late Triassic The Late Triassic is the third and final epoch (geology), epoch of the Triassic geologic time scale, Period in the geologic time scale, spanning the time between annum, Ma and Ma (million years ago). It is preceded by the Middle Triassic Epoch ...

Jameson Land Jameson Land is a peninsula in eastern Greenland. Geography Jameson Land is bounded to the southwest by Scoresby Sound (the world's largest fjord), to the northwest by the Stauning Alps, to the north by Scoresby Land, to the northeast by the Flemi ...

, in East Greenland. He was part of 10 expeditions to Greenland. With a publication record over 100 titles that grant him an ''h''-index of 27 mainly on sedimentology and

stratigraphy Stratigraphy is a branch of geology concerned with the study of rock (geology), rock layers (Stratum, strata) and layering (stratification). It is primarily used in the study of sedimentary rock, sedimentary and layered volcanic rocks. Stratigrap ...

. In 1997 a new mammal from the Triassic of East Greenland was named after him: ''Haramiyavia clemmenseni''. Co-author of the species '' Cyclotosaurus naraserluki''. He also worked on the ancient aeolian dunes of

Scotland Scotland (, ) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Covering the northern third of the island of Great Britain, mainland Scotland has a border with England to the southeast and is otherwise surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean to the ...

and USA.Clemmensen, L. B., & Abrahamsen, K. (1983). Aeolian stratification and facies association in desert sediments, Arran basin (Permian), Scotland. Sedimentology, 30(3), 311-339. In his later years he has worked with Danish coastal systems: beach ridges, dunes and storm events.

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Living people Danish geologists University of Copenhagen alumni Academic staff of the University of Copenhagen Place of birth missing (living people) People from Hvidovre Municipality Year of birth missing (living people) {{Denmark-bio-stub