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QUATERNARY RESEARCH
卷 74, 期 1, 页码 63-72出版社
CAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1016/j.yqres.2010.04.007
关键词
Cosmogenic exposure ages; Moraines; Alaska; Delta; Donnelly
资金
- Alyaska
- PGE
- Hebrew University of Jerusalem [034-7982]
We present Be-10 exposure ages from moraines in the Delta River Valley, a reference locality for Pleistocene glaciation in the northern Alaska Range. The ages are from material deposited during the Delta and Donnelly glaciations, which have been correlated with MIS 6 and 2, respectively. Be-10 chronology indicates that at least part of the Delta moraine stabilized during MIS 4/3, and that the Donnelly moraine stabilized similar to 17 ka. These ages correlate with other dates from the Alaska Range and other regions in Alaska, suggesting synchronicity across Beringia during pulses of late Pleistocene glaciation. Several sample types were collected: boulders, single clasts, and gravel samples (amalgamated small clasts) from around boulders as well as from surfaces devoid of boulders. Comparing Be-10 ages of these sample types reveals the influence of pre/post-depositional processes, including boulder erosion, boulder exhumation, and moraine surface lowering. These processes occur continuously but seem to accelerate during and immediately after successive glacial episodes. The result is a multi-peak age distribution indicating that once a moraine persists through subsequent glaciations the chronological significance of cosmogenic ages derived from samples collected on that moraine diminishes significantly. The absence of Holocene ages implies relatively minor exhumation and/or weathering since 12 ka. (C) 2010 University of Washington. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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