Late Pleistocene ice export events into the Arctic Ocean from the M'Clure Strait Ice Stream, Canadian Arctic Archipelago.
Rapidly-flowing sectors of an ice sheet (ice streams) can play an important role in abrupt climate change through the delivery of icebergs and meltwater and the subsequent disruption of ocean thermohaline circulation (e.g., the North Atlantic's Heinrich events). Recently, several cores have bee...
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ftunivdurham:oai:dro.dur.ac.uk.OAI2:2799 2023-05-15T14:28:50+02:00 Late Pleistocene ice export events into the Arctic Ocean from the M'Clure Strait Ice Stream, Canadian Arctic Archipelago. Stokes, C.R. Clark, C.D. Darby, D.A. Hodgson, D.A. 2005-12 http://dro.dur.ac.uk/2799/ https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gloplacha.2005.06.001 unknown Elsevier dro:2799 issn:0921-8181 doi:10.1016/j.gloplacha.2005.06.001 http://dro.dur.ac.uk/2799/ http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.gloplacha.2005.06.001 Global and planetary change, 2005, Vol.49(3-4), pp.139-162 [Peer Reviewed Journal] Ice stream Laurentide Ice Sheet Arctic Ocean Iceberg rafted detritus (IRD) Article PeerReviewed 2005 ftunivdurham https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gloplacha.2005.06.001 2020-05-28T22:26:03Z Rapidly-flowing sectors of an ice sheet (ice streams) can play an important role in abrupt climate change through the delivery of icebergs and meltwater and the subsequent disruption of ocean thermohaline circulation (e.g., the North Atlantic's Heinrich events). Recently, several cores have been raised from the Arctic Ocean which document the existence of massive ice export events during the Late Pleistocene and whose provenance has been linked to source regions in the Canadian Arctic Archipelago. In this paper, satellite imagery is used to map glacial geomorphology in the vicinity of Victoria Island, Banks Island and Prince of Wales Island (Canadian Arctic) in order to reconstruct ice flow patterns in the highly complex glacial landscape. A total of 88 discrete flow-sets are mapped and of these, 13 exhibit the characteristic geomorphology of palaeo-ice streams (i.e., parallel patterns of large, highly elongated mega-scale glacial lineations forming a convergent flow pattern with abrupt lateral margins). Previous studies by other workers and cross-cutting relationships indicate that the majority of these ice streams are relatively young and operated during or immediately prior to deglaciation. Our new mapping, however, documents a large (> 700 km long; 110 km wide) and relatively old ice stream imprint centred in M'Clintock Channel and converging into Viscount Melville Sound. A trough mouth fan located on the continental shelf suggests that it extended along M'Clure Strait and was grounded at the shelf edge. The location of the M'Clure Strait Ice Stream exactly matches the source area of 4 (possibly 5) major ice export events recorded in core PS1230 raised from Fram Strait, the major ice exit for the Arctic Ocean. These ice export events occur at not, vert, similar12.9, not, vert, similar15.6, not, vert, similar22 and 29.8 ka (14C yr BP) and we argue that they record vigorous episodes of activity of the M'Clure Strait Ice Stream. The timing of these events is remarkably similar to the North Atlantic's Heinrich events and we take this as evidence that the M'Clure Strait Ice Stream was also activated around the same time. This may hold important implications for the cause of the North Atlantic's Heinrich events and hints at the possibility of a pan-ice sheet response. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Archipelago Arctic Arctic Ocean Banks Island Canadian Arctic Archipelago Climate change Fram Strait Ice Sheet Iceberg* M'Clure Strait Prince of Wales Island Victoria Island Viscount Melville Sound Durham University: Durham Research Online Arctic Arctic Ocean Canadian Arctic Archipelago Prince of Wales Island ENVELOPE(-99.001,-99.001,72.668,72.668) M'Clintock ENVELOPE(-94.214,-94.214,57.802,57.802) Melville Sound ENVELOPE(-107.002,-107.002,68.168,68.168) Viscount Melville Sound ENVELOPE(-109.836,-109.836,74.046,74.046) M'Clure Strait ENVELOPE(-115.999,-115.999,74.498,74.498) M'Clintock Channel ENVELOPE(-102.002,-102.002,72.001,72.001) Global and Planetary Change 49 3-4 139 162 |
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Ice stream Laurentide Ice Sheet Arctic Ocean Iceberg rafted detritus (IRD) Stokes, C.R. Clark, C.D. Darby, D.A. Hodgson, D.A. Late Pleistocene ice export events into the Arctic Ocean from the M'Clure Strait Ice Stream, Canadian Arctic Archipelago. |
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Rapidly-flowing sectors of an ice sheet (ice streams) can play an important role in abrupt climate change through the delivery of icebergs and meltwater and the subsequent disruption of ocean thermohaline circulation (e.g., the North Atlantic's Heinrich events). Recently, several cores have been raised from the Arctic Ocean which document the existence of massive ice export events during the Late Pleistocene and whose provenance has been linked to source regions in the Canadian Arctic Archipelago. In this paper, satellite imagery is used to map glacial geomorphology in the vicinity of Victoria Island, Banks Island and Prince of Wales Island (Canadian Arctic) in order to reconstruct ice flow patterns in the highly complex glacial landscape. A total of 88 discrete flow-sets are mapped and of these, 13 exhibit the characteristic geomorphology of palaeo-ice streams (i.e., parallel patterns of large, highly elongated mega-scale glacial lineations forming a convergent flow pattern with abrupt lateral margins). Previous studies by other workers and cross-cutting relationships indicate that the majority of these ice streams are relatively young and operated during or immediately prior to deglaciation. Our new mapping, however, documents a large (> 700 km long; 110 km wide) and relatively old ice stream imprint centred in M'Clintock Channel and converging into Viscount Melville Sound. A trough mouth fan located on the continental shelf suggests that it extended along M'Clure Strait and was grounded at the shelf edge. The location of the M'Clure Strait Ice Stream exactly matches the source area of 4 (possibly 5) major ice export events recorded in core PS1230 raised from Fram Strait, the major ice exit for the Arctic Ocean. These ice export events occur at not, vert, similar12.9, not, vert, similar15.6, not, vert, similar22 and 29.8 ka (14C yr BP) and we argue that they record vigorous episodes of activity of the M'Clure Strait Ice Stream. The timing of these events is remarkably similar to the North Atlantic's Heinrich events and we take this as evidence that the M'Clure Strait Ice Stream was also activated around the same time. This may hold important implications for the cause of the North Atlantic's Heinrich events and hints at the possibility of a pan-ice sheet response. |
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Stokes, C.R. Clark, C.D. Darby, D.A. Hodgson, D.A. |
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Late Pleistocene ice export events into the Arctic Ocean from the M'Clure Strait Ice Stream, Canadian Arctic Archipelago. |
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Late Pleistocene ice export events into the Arctic Ocean from the M'Clure Strait Ice Stream, Canadian Arctic Archipelago. |
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Late Pleistocene ice export events into the Arctic Ocean from the M'Clure Strait Ice Stream, Canadian Arctic Archipelago. |
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Late Pleistocene ice export events into the Arctic Ocean from the M'Clure Strait Ice Stream, Canadian Arctic Archipelago. |
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Late Pleistocene ice export events into the Arctic Ocean from the M'Clure Strait Ice Stream, Canadian Arctic Archipelago. |
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late pleistocene ice export events into the arctic ocean from the m'clure strait ice stream, canadian arctic archipelago. |
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