Isostatic adjustments in a full glacial sea
During the last glaciation an ice-free corridor existed between the northeast Ellesmere Island and northwest Greenland ice sheets. This corridor constituted a peripheral depression in which the marine limit marks the uppermost extent of a full glacial sea. The full glacial sea is characterized by (1...
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crcansciencepubl:10.1139/e83-081 2024-09-15T18:04:46+00:00 Isostatic adjustments in a full glacial sea England, John 1983 http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/e83-081 http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/e83-081 en eng Canadian Science Publishing http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/page/about/CorporateTextAndDataMining Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences volume 20, issue 6, page 895-917 ISSN 0008-4077 1480-3313 journal-article 1983 crcansciencepubl https://doi.org/10.1139/e83-081 2024-09-05T04:11:15Z During the last glaciation an ice-free corridor existed between the northeast Ellesmere Island and northwest Greenland ice sheets. This corridor constituted a peripheral depression in which the marine limit marks the uppermost extent of a full glacial sea. The full glacial sea is characterized by (1) 14 C dates on in situ marine shells that predate initial emergence (unloading) followed by (2) synchronous emergence from the marine limit throughout the peripheral depression. Relative sea-level curves from the full glacial sea confirm previous morphostratigraphic and glacioisostatic evidence for limited ice extent during the last glaciation. These curves also document the history of glacial unloading and the form of the relative sea-level curve that one would theoretically expect in the peripheral depression. The form of the curves presented here is unlike any other published emergence curves from arctic Canada or from Fennoscandia.The relative sea-level curves for northeast Ellesmere Island show three segments: (1) an interval of stable relative sea level (isostatic equilibrium) at the marine limit between at least 11 000 and 8000 BP; (2) an interval of slow emergence from 8000 to 6200 BP during which northeast Ellesmere Island ice slowly retreated; and (3) an interval of rapid emergence, caused by rapid glacial unloading, after 6200 BP when a prominent amelioration was in progress. These relative sea-level curves are discussed in relation to other paleoclimatic changes and the deglacial history of northwest Greenland. These curves are of regional importance in that they provide a new means of distinguishing between areas that were ice covered and ice free during the last glaciation. Article in Journal/Newspaper Ellesmere Island Greenland Canadian Science Publishing Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 20 6 895 917 |
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During the last glaciation an ice-free corridor existed between the northeast Ellesmere Island and northwest Greenland ice sheets. This corridor constituted a peripheral depression in which the marine limit marks the uppermost extent of a full glacial sea. The full glacial sea is characterized by (1) 14 C dates on in situ marine shells that predate initial emergence (unloading) followed by (2) synchronous emergence from the marine limit throughout the peripheral depression. Relative sea-level curves from the full glacial sea confirm previous morphostratigraphic and glacioisostatic evidence for limited ice extent during the last glaciation. These curves also document the history of glacial unloading and the form of the relative sea-level curve that one would theoretically expect in the peripheral depression. The form of the curves presented here is unlike any other published emergence curves from arctic Canada or from Fennoscandia.The relative sea-level curves for northeast Ellesmere Island show three segments: (1) an interval of stable relative sea level (isostatic equilibrium) at the marine limit between at least 11 000 and 8000 BP; (2) an interval of slow emergence from 8000 to 6200 BP during which northeast Ellesmere Island ice slowly retreated; and (3) an interval of rapid emergence, caused by rapid glacial unloading, after 6200 BP when a prominent amelioration was in progress. These relative sea-level curves are discussed in relation to other paleoclimatic changes and the deglacial history of northwest Greenland. These curves are of regional importance in that they provide a new means of distinguishing between areas that were ice covered and ice free during the last glaciation. |
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