Age and development of active cryoplanation terraces in the alpine permafrost zone at Svartkampan, Jotunheimen, southern Norway
Schmidt-hammer exposure-age dating (SHD) of boulders on cryoplanation terrace treads and associated bedrock cliff faces revealed Holocene ages ranging from 0 ± 825 to 8890 ± 1185 yr. The cliffs were significantly younger than the inner treads, which tended to be younger than the outer treads. Radioc...
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Schmidt-hammer exposure-age dating (SHD) of boulders on cryoplanation terrace treads and associated bedrock cliff faces revealed Holocene ages ranging from 0 ± 825 to 8890 ± 1185 yr. The cliffs were significantly younger than the inner treads, which tended to be younger than the outer treads. Radiocarbon dates from the regolith of 3854 to 4821 cal yr BP (2σ range) indicated maximum rates of cliff recession of ~0.1 mm/year, which suggests the onset of terrace formation prior to the last glacial maximum. Age, angularity and size of clasts, together with planation across bedrock structures and the seepage of groundwater from the cliff foot, all support a process-based conceptual model of cryoplanation terrace development in which frost weathering leads to parallel cliff recession and hence terrace extension. The availability of groundwater during autumn freeze-back is viewed as critical for frost wedging and/or the growth of segregation ice during prolonged winter frost penetration. Permafrost promotes cryoplanation by providing an impermeable frost table beneath the active layer, focusing groundwater flow, and supplying water for sediment transport by solifluction across the tread. Snowbeds are considered an effect rather than a cause of cryoplanation terraces and cryoplanation is seen as distinct from nivation. |
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Matthews, J. Wilson, P. Winkler, S. Mourne, R. Hill, J. Owen, G. Hiemstra, J. Hallang, H. Geary, A. |
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Matthews, J. Wilson, P. Winkler, S. Mourne, R. Hill, J. Owen, G. Hiemstra, J. Hallang, H. Geary, A. Age and development of active cryoplanation terraces in the alpine permafrost zone at Svartkampan, Jotunheimen, southern Norway |
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Matthews, J. Wilson, P. Winkler, S. Mourne, R. Hill, J. Owen, G. Hiemstra, J. Hallang, H. Geary, A. |
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Age and development of active cryoplanation terraces in the alpine permafrost zone at Svartkampan, Jotunheimen, southern Norway |
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Age and development of active cryoplanation terraces in the alpine permafrost zone at Svartkampan, Jotunheimen, southern Norway |
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Age and development of active cryoplanation terraces in the alpine permafrost zone at Svartkampan, Jotunheimen, southern Norway |
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Age and development of active cryoplanation terraces in the alpine permafrost zone at Svartkampan, Jotunheimen, southern Norway |
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Age and development of active cryoplanation terraces in the alpine permafrost zone at Svartkampan, Jotunheimen, southern Norway |
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age and development of active cryoplanation terraces in the alpine permafrost zone at svartkampan, jotunheimen, southern norway |
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ftuniwestengland:oai:eprints.uwe.ac.uk:41296 2023-05-15T16:37:35+02:00 Age and development of active cryoplanation terraces in the alpine permafrost zone at Svartkampan, Jotunheimen, southern Norway Matthews, J. Wilson, P. Winkler, S. Mourne, R. Hill, J. Owen, G. Hiemstra, J. Hallang, H. Geary, A. 2019-06-13 text image http://eprints.uwe.ac.uk/41296/ http://eprints.uwe.ac.uk/41296/1/Cryoplanation%20-%20final%20accepted%20manuscript.doc http://eprints.uwe.ac.uk/41296/2/Cryoplanation%20fig%201%20%20revised.jpg http://eprints.uwe.ac.uk/41296/3/Cryoplanation%20fig%202a-b%20revised.jpg http://eprints.uwe.ac.uk/41296/4/Cryoplanation%20fig%203.jpg http://eprints.uwe.ac.uk/41296/5/Cryoplanation%20fig%204.jpg http://eprints.uwe.ac.uk/41296/6/Cryoplanation%20fig%205a-d.jpg http://eprints.uwe.ac.uk/41296/7/Cryoplanation%20fig%206a-d.jpg http://eprints.uwe.ac.uk/41296/8/Cryoplanation%20fig%207.jpg http://eprints.uwe.ac.uk/41296/9/Cryoplanation%20Fig%208.JPG http://eprints.uwe.ac.uk/41296/10/Cryoplanation%20fig%209.jpg http://eprints.uwe.ac.uk/41296/11/Cryoplanation%20fig%2010.jpg http://eprints.uwe.ac.uk/41296/12/Cryoplanation%20fig%2011.jpg http://eprints.uwe.ac.uk/41296/13/Cryoplanation%20fig%2012.jpg http://eprints.uwe.ac.uk/41296/14/Cryoplanation%20fig%2013%20revised.jpg http://eprints.uwe.ac.uk/41296/15/Cryoplanation%20fig%2014%20revised.jpg http://eprints.uwe.ac.uk/41296/16/Cryoplanation%20Table%201.doc http://eprints.uwe.ac.uk/41296/17/Cryoplanation%20Table%202.doc http://eprints.uwe.ac.uk/41296/18/Cryoplanation%20Table%203.doc http://eprints.uwe.ac.uk/41296/19/Cryoplanation%20Table%204.doc http://eprints.uwe.ac.uk/41296/20/Cryoplanation%20Table%205.doc http://eprints.uwe.ac.uk/41296/21/Cryoplanation%20-%20final%20accepted%20manuscript%20%283%29.pdf en eng Elsevier http://eprints.uwe.ac.uk/41296/1/Cryoplanation%20-%20final%20accepted%20manuscript.doc http://eprints.uwe.ac.uk/41296/2/Cryoplanation%20fig%201%20%20revised.jpg http://eprints.uwe.ac.uk/41296/3/Cryoplanation%20fig%202a-b%20revised.jpg http://eprints.uwe.ac.uk/41296/4/Cryoplanation%20fig%203.jpg http://eprints.uwe.ac.uk/41296/5/Cryoplanation%20fig%204.jpg http://eprints.uwe.ac.uk/41296/6/Cryoplanation%20fig%205a-d.jpg http://eprints.uwe.ac.uk/41296/7/Cryoplanation%20fig%206a-d.jpg http://eprints.uwe.ac.uk/41296/8/Cryoplanation%20fig%207.jpg http://eprints.uwe.ac.uk/41296/9/Cryoplanation%20Fig%208.JPG http://eprints.uwe.ac.uk/41296/10/Cryoplanation%20fig%209.jpg http://eprints.uwe.ac.uk/41296/11/Cryoplanation%20fig%2010.jpg http://eprints.uwe.ac.uk/41296/12/Cryoplanation%20fig%2011.jpg http://eprints.uwe.ac.uk/41296/13/Cryoplanation%20fig%2012.jpg http://eprints.uwe.ac.uk/41296/14/Cryoplanation%20fig%2013%20revised.jpg http://eprints.uwe.ac.uk/41296/15/Cryoplanation%20fig%2014%20revised.jpg http://eprints.uwe.ac.uk/41296/16/Cryoplanation%20Table%201.doc http://eprints.uwe.ac.uk/41296/17/Cryoplanation%20Table%202.doc http://eprints.uwe.ac.uk/41296/18/Cryoplanation%20Table%203.doc http://eprints.uwe.ac.uk/41296/19/Cryoplanation%20Table%204.doc http://eprints.uwe.ac.uk/41296/20/Cryoplanation%20Table%205.doc http://eprints.uwe.ac.uk/41296/21/Cryoplanation%20-%20final%20accepted%20manuscript%20%283%29.pdf Matthews, J. , Wilson, P. , Winkler, S. , Mourne, R. , Hill, J. , Owen, G. , Hiemstra, J. , Hallang, H. and Geary, A. (2019) Age and development of active cryoplanation terraces in the alpine permafrost zone at Svartkampan, Jotunheimen, southern Norway. Quaternary Research. ISSN 0033-5894 [In Press] Available from: http://eprints.uwe.ac.uk/41296 all_rights_reserved Article NonPeerReviewed 2019 ftuniwestengland 2020-08-21T16:13:05Z Schmidt-hammer exposure-age dating (SHD) of boulders on cryoplanation terrace treads and associated bedrock cliff faces revealed Holocene ages ranging from 0 ± 825 to 8890 ± 1185 yr. The cliffs were significantly younger than the inner treads, which tended to be younger than the outer treads. Radiocarbon dates from the regolith of 3854 to 4821 cal yr BP (2σ range) indicated maximum rates of cliff recession of ~0.1 mm/year, which suggests the onset of terrace formation prior to the last glacial maximum. Age, angularity and size of clasts, together with planation across bedrock structures and the seepage of groundwater from the cliff foot, all support a process-based conceptual model of cryoplanation terrace development in which frost weathering leads to parallel cliff recession and hence terrace extension. The availability of groundwater during autumn freeze-back is viewed as critical for frost wedging and/or the growth of segregation ice during prolonged winter frost penetration. Permafrost promotes cryoplanation by providing an impermeable frost table beneath the active layer, focusing groundwater flow, and supplying water for sediment transport by solifluction across the tread. Snowbeds are considered an effect rather than a cause of cryoplanation terraces and cryoplanation is seen as distinct from nivation. Article in Journal/Newspaper Ice permafrost University of the West of England, Bristol: UWE Research Repository Norway |