First cosmogenic10Be age constraint on the timing of Younger Dryas glaciation and ice cap thickness, western Scottish Highlands
We use cosmogenic 10Be surface exposure age techniques at a locality close to Rannoch Moor, western Scottish Highlands, in order to establish the age and chronology of its most recent glaciation. Glacial erratics and an in situ bedrock quartz vein sampled from this site—the summit of Beinn Inverveig...
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ftuglasgow:oai:eprints.gla.ac.uk:105507 2023-05-15T16:38:04+02:00 First cosmogenic10Be age constraint on the timing of Younger Dryas glaciation and ice cap thickness, western Scottish Highlands Golledge, Nicholas R. Fabel, Derek Everest, Jeremy D. Freeman, Stewart Binnie, Steven 2007-12 http://eprints.gla.ac.uk/105507/ unknown John Wiley & Sons Ltd. Golledge, N. R., Fabel, D. <http://eprints.gla.ac.uk/view/author/5585.html> , Everest, J. D., Freeman, S. <http://eprints.gla.ac.uk/view/author/12692.html> and Binnie, S. (2007) First cosmogenic10Be age constraint on the timing of Younger Dryas glaciation and ice cap thickness, western Scottish Highlands. Journal of Quaternary Science <http://eprints.gla.ac.uk/view/journal_volume/Journal_of_Quaternary_Science.html>, 22(8), pp. 785-791. (doi:10.1002/jqs.1113 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jqs.1113>) Articles PeerReviewed 2007 ftuglasgow https://doi.org/10.1002/jqs.1113 2020-01-10T00:53:30Z We use cosmogenic 10Be surface exposure age techniques at a locality close to Rannoch Moor, western Scottish Highlands, in order to establish the age and chronology of its most recent glaciation. Glacial erratics and an in situ bedrock quartz vein sampled from this site—the summit of Beinn Inverveigh—have yielded zero-erosion exposure ages of 12.9 ± 1.5 ka to 11.6 ± 1.0 ka, implying complete ice cover of the mountain during the Younger Dryas, or Loch Lomond Stadial. These results fit closely with published 14C dates that bracket the maximum (lateral) extent of ice cap outlet glaciers, and are the first internally consistent ages to specifically address this period of glaciation in Scotland. Furthermore, the dates imply that previous palaeoglaciological reconstructions for this area may have underestimated both the thickness of the former ice cap and, by implication, its volume. Article in Journal/Newspaper Ice cap University of Glasgow: Enlighten - Publications Loch Lomond ENVELOPE(-125.746,-125.746,54.239,54.239) Journal of Quaternary Science 22 8 785 791 |
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We use cosmogenic 10Be surface exposure age techniques at a locality close to Rannoch Moor, western Scottish Highlands, in order to establish the age and chronology of its most recent glaciation. Glacial erratics and an in situ bedrock quartz vein sampled from this site—the summit of Beinn Inverveigh—have yielded zero-erosion exposure ages of 12.9 ± 1.5 ka to 11.6 ± 1.0 ka, implying complete ice cover of the mountain during the Younger Dryas, or Loch Lomond Stadial. These results fit closely with published 14C dates that bracket the maximum (lateral) extent of ice cap outlet glaciers, and are the first internally consistent ages to specifically address this period of glaciation in Scotland. Furthermore, the dates imply that previous palaeoglaciological reconstructions for this area may have underestimated both the thickness of the former ice cap and, by implication, its volume. |
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Golledge, Nicholas R. Fabel, Derek Everest, Jeremy D. Freeman, Stewart Binnie, Steven First cosmogenic10Be age constraint on the timing of Younger Dryas glaciation and ice cap thickness, western Scottish Highlands |
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Golledge, Nicholas R. Fabel, Derek Everest, Jeremy D. Freeman, Stewart Binnie, Steven |
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First cosmogenic10Be age constraint on the timing of Younger Dryas glaciation and ice cap thickness, western Scottish Highlands |
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First cosmogenic10Be age constraint on the timing of Younger Dryas glaciation and ice cap thickness, western Scottish Highlands |
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First cosmogenic10Be age constraint on the timing of Younger Dryas glaciation and ice cap thickness, western Scottish Highlands |
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First cosmogenic10Be age constraint on the timing of Younger Dryas glaciation and ice cap thickness, western Scottish Highlands |
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First cosmogenic10Be age constraint on the timing of Younger Dryas glaciation and ice cap thickness, western Scottish Highlands |
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first cosmogenic10be age constraint on the timing of younger dryas glaciation and ice cap thickness, western scottish highlands |
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Golledge, N. R., Fabel, D. <http://eprints.gla.ac.uk/view/author/5585.html> , Everest, J. D., Freeman, S. <http://eprints.gla.ac.uk/view/author/12692.html> and Binnie, S. (2007) First cosmogenic10Be age constraint on the timing of Younger Dryas glaciation and ice cap thickness, western Scottish Highlands. Journal of Quaternary Science <http://eprints.gla.ac.uk/view/journal_volume/Journal_of_Quaternary_Science.html>, 22(8), pp. 785-791. (doi:10.1002/jqs.1113 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jqs.1113>) |
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