Dating Late-Cenozoic erosional surfaces in Victoria Land, Antarctica, with cosmogenic Neon in Pyroxenes
We present 21Ne exposure ages of erosional glaciogenic rock surfaces on nunataks in northern Victoria Land, Antarctica: i) in the Prince Albert Mountains and ii) near Mesa Range. These nunataks are located directly at the margin of the polar plateau and therefore provide an immediate record of ice v...
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ftunivpisairis:oai:arpi.unipi.it:11568/204643 2024-02-27T08:35:00+00:00 Dating Late-Cenozoic erosional surfaces in Victoria Land, Antarctica, with cosmogenic Neon in Pyroxenes OBERHOLZER P BAUR H WIELER R. BARONI, CARLO SALVATORE, MARIA CRISTINA Oberholzer, P Baroni, Carlo Salvatore, MARIA CRISTINA Baur, H Wieler, R. 2008 STAMPA http://hdl.handle.net/11568/204643 https://doi.org/10.1017/S095410200700079X eng eng info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/wos/WOS:000253173400010 volume:20 issue:1 firstpage:89 lastpage:98 numberofpages:10 journal:ANTARCTIC SCIENCE http://hdl.handle.net/11568/204643 doi:10.1017/S095410200700079X info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/scopus/2-s2.0-38149075334 Antarctic tor Antarctic Gargoyl East Antarctic Ice Sheet EAIS surface exposure dating Noble gase Mesa Range Prince Albert Mountain Victoria Land Antarctica info:eu-repo/semantics/article 2008 ftunivpisairis https://doi.org/10.1017/S095410200700079X 2024-01-31T17:44:51Z We present 21Ne exposure ages of erosional glaciogenic rock surfaces on nunataks in northern Victoria Land, Antarctica: i) in the Prince Albert Mountains and ii) near Mesa Range. These nunataks are located directly at the margin of the polar plateau and therefore provide an immediate record of ice volume changes of the East Antarctic Ice Sheet, not biased by ice shelf grounding or narrow valley sections downstream the outlet glaciers. The sampling locations overlook the present ice surface by less than 200 m, but were last covered by ice 3.5 Ma BP (minimum age, not corrected for erosion). This strongly indicates that the ice sheet has not been substantially thicker than today since at least the early Pliocene, which supports the hypothesis of a stable East Antarctic Ice Sheet. First absolute ages are reported for the alpine topography above the erosive trimline that typically marks the upper limit of glacial activity in northern Victoria Land. Unexpectedly low nuclide concentrations suggest that erosion rates on the alpine topography are considerably higher due to the steep slopes than those affecting flat erosional surfaces carrying Antarctic tors. Article in Journal/Newspaper Antarc* Antarctic Antarctica Ice Sheet Ice Shelf Victoria Land ARPI - Archivio della Ricerca dell'Università di Pisa Antarctic Victoria Land East Antarctic Ice Sheet Victoria ENVELOPE(-69.895,-69.895,80.792,80.792) Polar Plateau ENVELOPE(0.000,0.000,-90.000,-90.000) Prince Albert Mountains ENVELOPE(161.500,161.500,-76.000,-76.000) Mesa Range ENVELOPE(162.917,162.917,-73.183,-73.183) Antarctic Science 20 1 89 98 |
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We present 21Ne exposure ages of erosional glaciogenic rock surfaces on nunataks in northern Victoria Land, Antarctica: i) in the Prince Albert Mountains and ii) near Mesa Range. These nunataks are located directly at the margin of the polar plateau and therefore provide an immediate record of ice volume changes of the East Antarctic Ice Sheet, not biased by ice shelf grounding or narrow valley sections downstream the outlet glaciers. The sampling locations overlook the present ice surface by less than 200 m, but were last covered by ice 3.5 Ma BP (minimum age, not corrected for erosion). This strongly indicates that the ice sheet has not been substantially thicker than today since at least the early Pliocene, which supports the hypothesis of a stable East Antarctic Ice Sheet. First absolute ages are reported for the alpine topography above the erosive trimline that typically marks the upper limit of glacial activity in northern Victoria Land. Unexpectedly low nuclide concentrations suggest that erosion rates on the alpine topography are considerably higher due to the steep slopes than those affecting flat erosional surfaces carrying Antarctic tors. |
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Oberholzer, P Baroni, Carlo Salvatore, MARIA CRISTINA Baur, H Wieler, R. |
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OBERHOLZER P BAUR H WIELER R. BARONI, CARLO SALVATORE, MARIA CRISTINA |
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Dating Late-Cenozoic erosional surfaces in Victoria Land, Antarctica, with cosmogenic Neon in Pyroxenes |
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Dating Late-Cenozoic erosional surfaces in Victoria Land, Antarctica, with cosmogenic Neon in Pyroxenes |
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Dating Late-Cenozoic erosional surfaces in Victoria Land, Antarctica, with cosmogenic Neon in Pyroxenes |
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Dating Late-Cenozoic erosional surfaces in Victoria Land, Antarctica, with cosmogenic Neon in Pyroxenes |
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Dating Late-Cenozoic erosional surfaces in Victoria Land, Antarctica, with cosmogenic Neon in Pyroxenes |
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dating late-cenozoic erosional surfaces in victoria land, antarctica, with cosmogenic neon in pyroxenes |
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ENVELOPE(-69.895,-69.895,80.792,80.792) ENVELOPE(0.000,0.000,-90.000,-90.000) ENVELOPE(161.500,161.500,-76.000,-76.000) ENVELOPE(162.917,162.917,-73.183,-73.183) |
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Antarctic Victoria Land East Antarctic Ice Sheet Victoria Polar Plateau Prince Albert Mountains Mesa Range |
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Antarctic Victoria Land East Antarctic Ice Sheet Victoria Polar Plateau Prince Albert Mountains Mesa Range |
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Antarc* Antarctic Antarctica Ice Sheet Ice Shelf Victoria Land |
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Antarc* Antarctic Antarctica Ice Sheet Ice Shelf Victoria Land |
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