Exposure-age constraints on the extent, timing and rate of retreat of the last Irish Sea ice stream
We report 23 cosmogenic isotope exposure ages (10Be and 36Cl) relating to the maximum extent and deglaciation chronology of the Irish Sea Ice Stream (ISIS), which drained the SW sector of the last British-Irish Ice Sheet. These show that the ISIS failed to reach the Preseli Hills of North Pembrokesh...
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ftanucanberra:oai:digitalcollections.anu.edu.au:1885/57157 2023-05-15T16:40:32+02:00 Exposure-age constraints on the extent, timing and rate of retreat of the last Irish Sea ice stream McCarroll, Danny Stone, John O Ballantyne, Colin K. Scourse, James D Fifield, L Keith Evans, David J A Hiemstra, John F 2015-12-10T22:39:24Z http://hdl.handle.net/1885/57157 unknown Pergamon-Elsevier Ltd 0277-3791 http://hdl.handle.net/1885/57157 Quaternary Science Reviews Journal article 2015 ftanucanberra 2015-12-28T23:29:46Z We report 23 cosmogenic isotope exposure ages (10Be and 36Cl) relating to the maximum extent and deglaciation chronology of the Irish Sea Ice Stream (ISIS), which drained the SW sector of the last British-Irish Ice Sheet. These show that the ISIS failed to reach the Preseli Hills of North Pembrokeshire yet extended southwards to impinge on northern Isles of Scilly (50°N) during the last glacial maximum. Four samples from western Anglesey demonstrate deglaciation of the southern Irish Sea Basin by c. 20-18 ka, and two from the Llŷn Peninsula in northwest Wales, if valid, suggest deglaciation by c. 23-22 ka followed by gradual oscillatory northwards retreat of the ice margin for over 3000 years. An alternative interpretation of our data suggests that ice reached Scilly as late as 22-21 ka then retreated 450 km northwards within the following three millennia, possibly in response to sea level rise and/or intrinsic reorganisation within the last British-Irish Ice Sheet. Samples from upland source areas of the ISIS in NW England and SW Scotland produced exposure ages ≤14.3 ka, suggesting possible persistence of ice in such areas into the Lateglacial Interstade of 14.7-12.9 ka. Article in Journal/Newspaper Ice Sheet Sea ice Australian National University: ANU Digital Collections |
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We report 23 cosmogenic isotope exposure ages (10Be and 36Cl) relating to the maximum extent and deglaciation chronology of the Irish Sea Ice Stream (ISIS), which drained the SW sector of the last British-Irish Ice Sheet. These show that the ISIS failed to reach the Preseli Hills of North Pembrokeshire yet extended southwards to impinge on northern Isles of Scilly (50°N) during the last glacial maximum. Four samples from western Anglesey demonstrate deglaciation of the southern Irish Sea Basin by c. 20-18 ka, and two from the Llŷn Peninsula in northwest Wales, if valid, suggest deglaciation by c. 23-22 ka followed by gradual oscillatory northwards retreat of the ice margin for over 3000 years. An alternative interpretation of our data suggests that ice reached Scilly as late as 22-21 ka then retreated 450 km northwards within the following three millennia, possibly in response to sea level rise and/or intrinsic reorganisation within the last British-Irish Ice Sheet. Samples from upland source areas of the ISIS in NW England and SW Scotland produced exposure ages ≤14.3 ka, suggesting possible persistence of ice in such areas into the Lateglacial Interstade of 14.7-12.9 ka. |
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McCarroll, Danny Stone, John O Ballantyne, Colin K. Scourse, James D Fifield, L Keith Evans, David J A Hiemstra, John F |
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McCarroll, Danny Stone, John O Ballantyne, Colin K. Scourse, James D Fifield, L Keith Evans, David J A Hiemstra, John F Exposure-age constraints on the extent, timing and rate of retreat of the last Irish Sea ice stream |
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McCarroll, Danny Stone, John O Ballantyne, Colin K. Scourse, James D Fifield, L Keith Evans, David J A Hiemstra, John F |
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McCarroll, Danny |
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Exposure-age constraints on the extent, timing and rate of retreat of the last Irish Sea ice stream |
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Exposure-age constraints on the extent, timing and rate of retreat of the last Irish Sea ice stream |
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Exposure-age constraints on the extent, timing and rate of retreat of the last Irish Sea ice stream |
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Exposure-age constraints on the extent, timing and rate of retreat of the last Irish Sea ice stream |
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Exposure-age constraints on the extent, timing and rate of retreat of the last Irish Sea ice stream |
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exposure-age constraints on the extent, timing and rate of retreat of the last irish sea ice stream |
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Pergamon-Elsevier Ltd |
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2015 |
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http://hdl.handle.net/1885/57157 |
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Ice Sheet Sea ice |
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Ice Sheet Sea ice |
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Quaternary Science Reviews |
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