Greenland 10Be cosmogenic date in marginal sediment

• Main Author: Bierman, Paul
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: NSF Arctic Data Center 2016
• Subjects: geochronology; Greenland; Ice Sheet
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.18739/a28g8fh9z; https://arcticdata.io/catalog/view/doi:10.18739/A28G8FH9Z

We measured the concentration of in situ 10Be in quartz isolated from fluvial and morainal sand to trace sediment sources and to determine the relative contribution of glacerized and deglaciated terrain to Greenland's sediment budget. We sampled along the western, eastern, and southern margins of the Greenland Ice Sheet, and collected sediment sourced from glacerized (n = 19) and non-glacerized terrain (n = 10), from channels where sediment from glacerized and non-glacerized terrain is mixed (n = 28), from Holocene glacial-fluvial terraces (n = 4), and from one sand dune. In situ 10Be concentrations in sediment range from 1600 to 34 000 atoms/g. The concentration of in situ 10Be in sediment sourced from non-glacerized terrain is significantly higher than in sediment sourced from glacerized areas, in mixed channel sediment, and in terrace sediment that was deposited during the Holocene. The entire data set along with maps and interpretation is available in Nelson, A. H., Bierman, P. R., *Shakun, J. D., Rood, D. H. (2014), Using in situ cosmogenic 10Be to identify the source of sediment leaving Greenland. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms. DOI: 10.1002/esp.3565