¹â°Be Surface Exposure Chronology of Pinedale and Bull Lake Moraines of the Fremont Lake Region, Wind River Range, Western Wyoming, U.S.A.

First described by Blackwelder in 1915 in the Wind River Range of western Wyoming, the Bull Lake (outboard) and Pinedale (inboard) moraine sets, or their equivalents, have since been recognized in most formerly glaciated basins of the Rocky Mountains in the western United States. I present a detaile...

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spelling ftmaineuniv:oai:digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu:etd-1802 2024-09-15T18:11:49+00:00 ¹â°Be Surface Exposure Chronology of Pinedale and Bull Lake Moraines of the Fremont Lake Region, Wind River Range, Western Wyoming, U.S.A. Ladig, Kathryn Lee 2011-01-01T08:00:00Z application/pdf https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/etd/799 https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/context/etd/article/1802/viewcontent/LadigK2011.pdf unknown DigitalCommons@UMaine https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/etd/799 https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/context/etd/article/1802/viewcontent/LadigK2011.pdf Electronic Theses and Dissertations Geochronometry Radioactive dating Moraines Climate Earth Sciences Geology Glaciology text 2011 ftmaineuniv 2024-07-24T05:38:40Z First described by Blackwelder in 1915 in the Wind River Range of western Wyoming, the Bull Lake (outboard) and Pinedale (inboard) moraine sets, or their equivalents, have since been recognized in most formerly glaciated basins of the Rocky Mountains in the western United States. I present a detailed 10Be surface-exposure chronology for these classic moraine sets alongside Fremont Lake that were deposited by an ice lobe that drained a high plateau ice cap of the Wind River Range. The Bull Lake complex consists largely of hummocky ground moraine interspersed with a few distinct moraine ridges. The Bull Lake moraine ridges are 5-10 m high and ~200 m wide. Four samples collected from boulders rooted in the most prominent Bull Lake moraine ridges afford a mean age of 148,500 ± 4,650 years (n = 4). The Pinedale moraine complex abuts the southern, eastern, and western margins of Fremont Lake. Pinedale-type moraines consist of hummocky ground moraine, along with several well-preserved moraine ridges. Pinedale ridges are sharp, with well-defined crests. The moraines are as much as 50 m high and 150 m wide. I divided these ridges into four distinct groups, dubbed Pinedale 1 through Pinedale 4 from outermost to innermost. Pinedale 1, which marks the outer margin of the Pinedale complex, yielded an age of 20,360 ± 500 years (n = 12). The Pinedale 2 moraine, which lies a kilometer inboard of Pinedale 1, gave an age of 17,580 ± 460 years (n = 8). Pinedale 3 laterals, located about 2 km north of the Pinedale 2 moraine, date to 16,870±430 years (n = 3). Pinedale 4 laterals, about 3 km north of the Pinedale 3 laterals, afford an age of 16,070 ± 400 years (n = 6). The outer Pinedale moraines correspond in age with the outboard moraines deposited by the Laurentide Ice Sheet in the Great Lakes region and on Long Island. This common signal implies that the Fremont Lake moraine chronology in not an outlier for the middle latitudes of North America. The Pinedale moraines formed during a period of low atmospheric CO2 and shortly ... Text Ice cap Ice Sheet The University of Maine: DigitalCommons@UMaine
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topic Geochronometry
Radioactive dating
Moraines
Climate
Earth Sciences
Geology
Glaciology
spellingShingle Geochronometry
Radioactive dating
Moraines
Climate
Earth Sciences
Geology
Glaciology
Ladig, Kathryn Lee
¹â°Be Surface Exposure Chronology of Pinedale and Bull Lake Moraines of the Fremont Lake Region, Wind River Range, Western Wyoming, U.S.A.
topic_facet Geochronometry
Radioactive dating
Moraines
Climate
Earth Sciences
Geology
Glaciology
description First described by Blackwelder in 1915 in the Wind River Range of western Wyoming, the Bull Lake (outboard) and Pinedale (inboard) moraine sets, or their equivalents, have since been recognized in most formerly glaciated basins of the Rocky Mountains in the western United States. I present a detailed 10Be surface-exposure chronology for these classic moraine sets alongside Fremont Lake that were deposited by an ice lobe that drained a high plateau ice cap of the Wind River Range. The Bull Lake complex consists largely of hummocky ground moraine interspersed with a few distinct moraine ridges. The Bull Lake moraine ridges are 5-10 m high and ~200 m wide. Four samples collected from boulders rooted in the most prominent Bull Lake moraine ridges afford a mean age of 148,500 ± 4,650 years (n = 4). The Pinedale moraine complex abuts the southern, eastern, and western margins of Fremont Lake. Pinedale-type moraines consist of hummocky ground moraine, along with several well-preserved moraine ridges. Pinedale ridges are sharp, with well-defined crests. The moraines are as much as 50 m high and 150 m wide. I divided these ridges into four distinct groups, dubbed Pinedale 1 through Pinedale 4 from outermost to innermost. Pinedale 1, which marks the outer margin of the Pinedale complex, yielded an age of 20,360 ± 500 years (n = 12). The Pinedale 2 moraine, which lies a kilometer inboard of Pinedale 1, gave an age of 17,580 ± 460 years (n = 8). Pinedale 3 laterals, located about 2 km north of the Pinedale 2 moraine, date to 16,870±430 years (n = 3). Pinedale 4 laterals, about 3 km north of the Pinedale 3 laterals, afford an age of 16,070 ± 400 years (n = 6). The outer Pinedale moraines correspond in age with the outboard moraines deposited by the Laurentide Ice Sheet in the Great Lakes region and on Long Island. This common signal implies that the Fremont Lake moraine chronology in not an outlier for the middle latitudes of North America. The Pinedale moraines formed during a period of low atmospheric CO2 and shortly ...
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title ¹â°Be Surface Exposure Chronology of Pinedale and Bull Lake Moraines of the Fremont Lake Region, Wind River Range, Western Wyoming, U.S.A.
title_short ¹â°Be Surface Exposure Chronology of Pinedale and Bull Lake Moraines of the Fremont Lake Region, Wind River Range, Western Wyoming, U.S.A.
title_full ¹â°Be Surface Exposure Chronology of Pinedale and Bull Lake Moraines of the Fremont Lake Region, Wind River Range, Western Wyoming, U.S.A.
title_fullStr ¹â°Be Surface Exposure Chronology of Pinedale and Bull Lake Moraines of the Fremont Lake Region, Wind River Range, Western Wyoming, U.S.A.
title_full_unstemmed ¹â°Be Surface Exposure Chronology of Pinedale and Bull Lake Moraines of the Fremont Lake Region, Wind River Range, Western Wyoming, U.S.A.
title_sort â¹â°be surface exposure chronology of pinedale and bull lake moraines of the fremont lake region, wind river range, western wyoming, u.s.a.
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