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QUATERNARY SCIENCE REVIEWS
卷 275, 期 -, 页码 -出版社
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2021.107281
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Quaternary; Pleistocene; Glaciation; Paleoclimatology; Southern pacific; Cosmogenic isotopes; Geomorphology; Glacial; Equilibrium line altitude; Degree day modelling
资金
- Marsden Fund Council [VUW1701]
- U.S. Department of Energy by Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory [DE-AC52-07NA27344]
Mountain glacier records provide important constraints on climate variability during the last glacial cycle. A new study in New Zealand reveals the role of climate in driving regional ice volume decline during marine isotope stages 3-2, with close spacing and good preservation of moraines from 19-17 ka supporting this finding. Onset of warming after 17.2 ka is consistent with evidence for a sustained southward shift in the southern westerly winds, promoting deglaciation.
Mountain glacier records offer important constraints on the timing and magnitude of climate variability during the last glacial cycle. Existing moraine chronologies from the central Southern Alps indicate maximum ice extent was achieved during marine isotope stages 3-4, followed by repeated advances of similar, but gradually declining extent during marine isotope stage 2, until onset of the glacial termination. Questions remain over the precise role of climate in driving these changes, as most existing moraine chronologies come from large, complex former valley glacier systems, where non-climatic influences such as changing bed topography and proglacial lake formation may have influenced glacier length changes. Here we address this problem via a new cosmogenic Be-10 chronology and equilibrium line altitude reconstruction from a cirque glacier situated in Fiordland, New Zealand. Our chronology shows moraine deposition at 32 +/- 11 ka, 18.7 +/- 0.2 ka, 18.1 +/- 0.1 ka, and c. 17.2 +/- 0.3 ka. The simple geometry of the former glacier supports the role of climate in driving a net decline of regional ice volume during marine isotope stages 3-2. Close spacing and good preservation of the 19-17 ka moraines permits 2D glacier reconstruction which suggests the equilibrium line altitude remained depressed by c.1130 m (equivalent to 5.8 +/- 0.6 degrees C colder than present) during this interval. Onset of warming after 17.2 +/- 0.2 ka is consistent with climate proxy evidence for a sustained southward shift in the southern westerly winds, which may have promoted deglaciation via shifting ocean currents and promoting increases in atmospheric carbon dioxide. (C) 2021 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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