Late Pleistocene glacial history of Jameson Land, central East Greenland, derived from cosmogenic 10 Be and 26 Al exposure dating
Previous work has presented contrasting views of the last glaciation on Jameson Land, central East Greenland, and still there is debate about whether the area was: (i) ice‐free, (ii) covered with a local non‐erosive ice cap(s), or (iii) overridden by the Greenland Ice Sheet during the Last Glacial M...
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crwiley:10.1111/j.1502-3885.2008.00064.x 2024-06-23T07:52:26+00:00 Late Pleistocene glacial history of Jameson Land, central East Greenland, derived from cosmogenic 10 Be and 26 Al exposure dating HÅKANSSON, LENA ALEXANDERSON, HELENA HJORT, CHRISTIAN MÖLLER, PER BRINER, JASON P. ALDAHAN, ALA POSSNERT, GÖRAN 2009 http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1502-3885.2008.00064.x https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1111%2Fj.1502-3885.2008.00064.x https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/j.1502-3885.2008.00064.x en eng Wiley http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/termsAndConditions#vor Boreas volume 38, issue 2, page 244-260 ISSN 0300-9483 1502-3885 journal-article 2009 crwiley https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1502-3885.2008.00064.x 2024-06-06T04:22:21Z Previous work has presented contrasting views of the last glaciation on Jameson Land, central East Greenland, and still there is debate about whether the area was: (i) ice‐free, (ii) covered with a local non‐erosive ice cap(s), or (iii) overridden by the Greenland Ice Sheet during the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM). Here, we use cosmogenic exposure ages from erratics to reconcile these contrasting views. A total of 43 erratics resting on weathered sandstone and on sediment‐covered surfaces were sampled from four areas on interior Jameson Land; they give 10 Be ages between 10.9 and 269.1 kyr. Eight erratics on weathered sandstone and till‐covered surfaces cluster around ∼70 kyr, whereas 10 Be ages from erratics on glaciofluvial landforms are substantially younger and range between 10.9 and 47.2 kyr. Deflation is thought to be an important process on the sediment‐covered surfaces and the youngest exposure ages are suggested to result from exhumation. The older (>70 kyr) samples have discordant 26 Al and 10 Be data and are interpreted to have been deposited by the Greenland Ice Sheet several glacial cycles ago. The younger exposure ages (≤70 kyr) are interpreted to represent deposition by the ice sheet during the Late Saalian and by an advance from the local Liverpool Land ice cap in the Early Weichselian. The exposure ages younger than Saalian are explained by periods of shielding by non‐erosive ice during the Weichselian glaciation. Our work supports previous studies in that the Saalian Ice Sheet advance was the last to deposit thick sediment sequences and western erratics on interior Jameson Land. However, instead of Jameson Land being ice‐free throughout the Weichselian, we document that local ice with limited erosion potential covered and shielded large areas for substantial periods of the last glacial cycle. Article in Journal/Newspaper East Greenland Greenland Ice cap Ice Sheet Wiley Online Library Greenland Jameson Land ENVELOPE(-23.500,-23.500,71.167,71.167) Liverpool Land ENVELOPE(-22.200,-22.200,70.917,70.917) Boreas 38 2 244 260 |
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Previous work has presented contrasting views of the last glaciation on Jameson Land, central East Greenland, and still there is debate about whether the area was: (i) ice‐free, (ii) covered with a local non‐erosive ice cap(s), or (iii) overridden by the Greenland Ice Sheet during the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM). Here, we use cosmogenic exposure ages from erratics to reconcile these contrasting views. A total of 43 erratics resting on weathered sandstone and on sediment‐covered surfaces were sampled from four areas on interior Jameson Land; they give 10 Be ages between 10.9 and 269.1 kyr. Eight erratics on weathered sandstone and till‐covered surfaces cluster around ∼70 kyr, whereas 10 Be ages from erratics on glaciofluvial landforms are substantially younger and range between 10.9 and 47.2 kyr. Deflation is thought to be an important process on the sediment‐covered surfaces and the youngest exposure ages are suggested to result from exhumation. The older (>70 kyr) samples have discordant 26 Al and 10 Be data and are interpreted to have been deposited by the Greenland Ice Sheet several glacial cycles ago. The younger exposure ages (≤70 kyr) are interpreted to represent deposition by the ice sheet during the Late Saalian and by an advance from the local Liverpool Land ice cap in the Early Weichselian. The exposure ages younger than Saalian are explained by periods of shielding by non‐erosive ice during the Weichselian glaciation. Our work supports previous studies in that the Saalian Ice Sheet advance was the last to deposit thick sediment sequences and western erratics on interior Jameson Land. However, instead of Jameson Land being ice‐free throughout the Weichselian, we document that local ice with limited erosion potential covered and shielded large areas for substantial periods of the last glacial cycle. |
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HÅKANSSON, LENA ALEXANDERSON, HELENA HJORT, CHRISTIAN MÖLLER, PER BRINER, JASON P. ALDAHAN, ALA POSSNERT, GÖRAN Late Pleistocene glacial history of Jameson Land, central East Greenland, derived from cosmogenic 10 Be and 26 Al exposure dating |
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HÅKANSSON, LENA ALEXANDERSON, HELENA HJORT, CHRISTIAN MÖLLER, PER BRINER, JASON P. ALDAHAN, ALA POSSNERT, GÖRAN |
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Late Pleistocene glacial history of Jameson Land, central East Greenland, derived from cosmogenic 10 Be and 26 Al exposure dating |
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Late Pleistocene glacial history of Jameson Land, central East Greenland, derived from cosmogenic 10 Be and 26 Al exposure dating |
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Late Pleistocene glacial history of Jameson Land, central East Greenland, derived from cosmogenic 10 Be and 26 Al exposure dating |
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Late Pleistocene glacial history of Jameson Land, central East Greenland, derived from cosmogenic 10 Be and 26 Al exposure dating |
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Late Pleistocene glacial history of Jameson Land, central East Greenland, derived from cosmogenic 10 Be and 26 Al exposure dating |
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late pleistocene glacial history of jameson land, central east greenland, derived from cosmogenic 10 be and 26 al exposure dating |
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1502-3885.2008.00064.x https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1111%2Fj.1502-3885.2008.00064.x https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/j.1502-3885.2008.00064.x |
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East Greenland Greenland Ice cap Ice Sheet |
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