DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2015.11.004
Scopus记录号: 2-s2.0-84947998381
论文题名: A cosmogenic 3He chronology of late Quaternary glacier fluctuations in North Island, New Zealand (39°S)
作者: Eaves S.R. ; N. Mackintosh A. ; Winckler G. ; Schaefer J.M. ; Alloway B.V. ; Townsend D.B.
刊名: Quaternary Science Reviews
ISSN: 2773791
出版年: 2016
卷: 132 起始页码: 40
结束页码: 56
语种: 英语
英文关键词: Cosmogenic 3He
; Equilibrium line altitude
; Last glacial cycle
; Last Glacial Maximum
; New Zealand
; Southern Hemisphere
; Tephrostratigraphy
Scopus关键词: Climate change
; Landforms
; Sea level
; Uncertainty analysis
; Cosmogenic
; Equilibrium line altitudes
; Last glacial cycles
; Last Glacial Maximum
; New zealand
; Southern Hemisphere
; Tephrostratigraphy
; Glacial geology
英文摘要: Mountain glaciers advance and retreat primarily in response to changes in climate. Establishing the timing and magnitude of mountain glacier fluctuations from geological records can thus help to identify the drivers and mechanisms of past climate change. In this study, we use cosmogenic 3He surface exposure dating and tephrochronology to constrain the timing of past glaciation on Tongariro massif in central North Island, New Zealand (39°S). Exposure ages from moraine boulders show that valley glaciation persisted between c. 30-18 ka, which coincides with the global Last Glacial Maximum. Reinterpretation of moraine tephrostratigraphy, using major element geochemistry analysis, shows that ice retreat and climatic amelioration at the last glacial termination was well underway prior to 14 ka. The equilibrium line altitude in central North Island, during the Last Glacial Maximum, was c. 1400-1550 m above sea level, which is c. 930-1080 m lower than present. Considering the uncertainties in the glacial reconstruction and temperature lapse rates, we estimate that this equilibrium line altitude lowering equates to a temperature depression of 5.6±1.1 °C, relative to present. Our mapping and surface exposure dating also show evidence for an earlier period of glaciation, of similar magnitude to the Last Glacial Maximum, which culminated prior to 57 ka, probably during Marine Isotope Stage 4. Good agreement between the timing and magnitude of glacier fluctuations in central North Island and the Southern Alps indicate a response to a common climatic forcing during the last glacial cycle. © 2015 Elsevier Ltd. Citation statistics:
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标识符: http://119.78.100.158/handle/2HF3EXSE/59712
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作者单位: Antarctic Research Centre, Victoria University of Wellington, P.O. Box 600, Wellington, New Zealand; School of Geography Environment and Earth Sciences, Victoria University of Wellington, P.O. Box 600, Wellington, New Zealand; Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University P.O. Box 1000, Palisades, NY, United States; GNS Science, P.O. Box 30-368, Lower Hutt, New Zealand
Recommended Citation:
Eaves S.R.,N. Mackintosh A.,Winckler G.,et al. A cosmogenic 3He chronology of late Quaternary glacier fluctuations in North Island, New Zealand (39°S)[J]. Quaternary Science Reviews,2016-01-01,132