10 Be ages of flood deposits west of Lake Nipigon, Ontario: evidence for eastward meltwater drainage during the early Holocene Epoch

• Published in: Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences
• Main Authors: Kelly, Meredith A., Fisher, Timothy G., Lowell, Thomas V., Barnett, Peter J., Schwartz, Roseanne
• Other Authors: Gajewski, Konrad
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Canadian Science Publishing 2016
• Subjects: Glacial Lake; Mundell Lake; Pillar; The Pillar; Ice Sheet
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/cjes-2015-0135; http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/full-xml/10.1139/cjes-2015-0135; http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/cjes-2015-0135

The Nipigon channels, located to the west and northwest of Lake Nipigon, Ontario, are thought to have enabled the eastward drainage of meltwater from glacial Lake Agassiz during the last deglaciation. Here we present the first direct ages of flood deposits in two of these channels using 10 Be surfac...