Holocene glacial activity in Barilari Bay, west Antarctic Peninsula, tracked by magnetic mineral assemblages: Linking ice, ocean, and atmosphere

We investigate the origin and fate of lithogenic sediments using magnetic mineral assemblages in Barilari Bay, west Antarctic Peninsula (AP) from sediment cores recovered during the Larsen Ice Shelf System, Antarctica (LARISSA) NBP10-01 cruise. To quantify and reconstruct Holocene changes in covaryi...

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Main Authors: Reilly, Brendan, Natter, Carl, Brachfeld, Stefanie A.
Format: Text
Language:unknown
Published: Montclair State University Digital Commons 2016
Subjects:
Antarctica
Barilari Bay
environmental magnetism
Southern Annular Mode
Climate
Geology
Oceanography
Antarctic
Antarctic Peninsula
Larsen Ice Shelf
Inner Bay
Barilari
Antarc*
Ice Shelf
Online Access:https://digitalcommons.montclair.edu/earth-environ-studies-facpubs/5
https://digitalcommons.montclair.edu/context/earth-environ-studies-facpubs/article/1006/viewcontent/Reilly_et_al_2016_Geochemistry__Geophysics__Geosystems.pdf
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Summary:We investigate the origin and fate of lithogenic sediments using magnetic mineral assemblages in Barilari Bay, west Antarctic Peninsula (AP) from sediment cores recovered during the Larsen Ice Shelf System, Antarctica (LARISSA) NBP10-01 cruise. To quantify and reconstruct Holocene changes in covarying magnetic mineral assemblages, we adopt an unsupervised mathematical unmixing strategy and apply it to measurements of magnetic susceptibility as a function of increasing temperature. Comparisons of the unmixed end-members with magnetic observations of northwestern AP bedrock and the spatial distribution of magnetic mineral assemblages within the fjord, allow us to identify source regions, including signatures for ‘‘inner bay,’’ ‘‘outer bay,’’ and ‘‘northwestern AP’’ sources. We find strong evidence that supports the establishment of a late Holocene ice shelf in the fjord coeval with the Little Ice Age. Additionally, we present new evidence for late Holocene sensitivity to conditions akin to positive mean Southern Annual Mode states for western AP glaciers at their advanced Neoglacial positions.

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