Journal
JOURNAL OF QUATERNARY SCIENCE
Volume 32, Issue 1, Pages 63-79Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/jqs.2924
Keywords
Alps; luminescence dating; palaeolake; Wurmian; XRF
Funding
- Austrian Science Fund (FWF) [P24820-B16]
- Austrian Academy of Sciences (OAW) [23322]
- Austrian Science Fund (FWF) [P24820] Funding Source: Austrian Science Fund (FWF)
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The Baumkirchen clay pit near Innsbruck, western Austria, is a well-known site in Alpine Quaternary stratigraphy. Lacustrine sediments from the last glacial cycle from within the Alps provide a unique opportunity to investigate the regional palaeoclimate. Recent drilling has extended the known sequence to a total length of at least 250m consisting of almost entirely well-laminated clayey silt. Luminescence dating identified two lake sequences, separated by a hiatus of ca. 7000-15 000 years. Lake phase 1 spans the period ca. 77-55 ka, i.e. from about Marine Isotope Stage (MIS) 5/4 to the MIS 4/3 transition. Lake phase 2 extends from mid-to late MIS 3 between ca. 45 and 33 ka. Down-core X-ray fluorescence core scanning confirmed the presence of the lake phases in the sediment composition, suggesting different sediment sources and/or transport mechanisms during these two intervals. A unique section of exotic, angular, silt matrix-supported gravel at the top of lake phase 1 is interpreted as ice-rafted debris. Luminescence dating constrains this layer to ca. 55 ka, thus providing the first evidence of a late MIS 4 or early MIS 3 ice advance confined to the interior of the Eastern Alps. A conceptual model of the sedimentary history of the valley is presented. Copyright (C) 2017 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
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