DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2013.07.027
Scopus记录号: 2-s2.0-84882946261
论文题名: Relative sea-level history of Marguerite Bay, Antarctic Peninsula derived from optically stimulated luminescence-dated beach cobbles
作者: Simkins L.M. ; Simms A.R. ; DeWitt R.
刊名: Quaternary Science Reviews
ISSN: 2773791
出版年: 2013
卷: 77 起始页码: 141
结束页码: 155
语种: 英语
英文关键词: Antarctic Peninsula
; Last Glacial Maximum
; Marguerite Bay
; Raised beaches
; Relative sea level
Scopus关键词: Antarctic Peninsula
; Antarctic Peninsula Ice Sheet
; Glacial Isostatic Adjustments
; Last Glacial Maximum
; Marguerite bay
; Optically stimulated luminescence
; Relative sea level
; Relative sea-level changes
; Glacial geology
; Ice
; Luminescence
; Quartz
; Sea level
; Beaches
; geomorphology
; Holocene
; ice retreat
; Last Glacial Maximum
; luminescence
; sea level change
; sedimentary structure
; Antarctic Peninsula
; Antarctica
; Marguerite Bay
; West Antarctica
英文摘要: Calmette Bay within Marguerite Bay along the western side of the Antarctic Peninsula contains one of the most continuous flights of raised beaches described to date in Antarctica. Raised beaches extend to 40.8m above sea level (masl) and are thought to reflect glacial isostatic adjustment due to the retreat of the Antarctic Peninsula Ice Sheet. Using optically stimulated luminescence (OSL), we dated quartz extracts from cobble surfaces buried in raised beaches at Calmette Bay. The beaches are separated into upper and lower beaches based on OSL ages, geomorphology, and sedimentary fabric. The two sets of beaches are separated by a prominent scarp. One of our OSL ages from the upper beaches dates to 9.3 thousand years ago (ka; as of 1950) consistent with previous extrapolation of sea-level data and the time of ice retreat from inner Marguerite Bay. However, four of the seven ages from the upper beaches date to the timing of glaciation. We interpret these ages to represent reworking of beaches deposited prior to the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM) by advancing and retreating LGM ice. Ages from the lower beaches record relative sea-level fall due to Holocene glacial-isostatic adjustment. We suggest a Holocene marine limit of 21.7masl with an age of 5.5-7.3ka based on OSL ages from Calmette Bay and other sea-level constraints in the area. A marine limit at 21.7masl implies half as much relative sea-level change in Marguerite Bay during the Holocene as suggested by previous sea-level reconstructions. No evidence for a relative sea-level signature of neoglacial events, such as a decrease followed by an increase in RSL fall due to ice advance and retreat associated with the Little Ice Age, is found within Marguerite Bay indicating either: (1) no significant neoglacial advances occurred within Marguerite Bay; (2) rheological heterogeneity allows part of the Antarctic Peninsula (i.e. the South Shetland Islands) to respond to rapid ice mass changes while other regions are incapable of responding to short-lived ice advances; or (3) the magnitude of neoglacial events within Marguerite Bay is too small to resolve through relative sea-level reconstructions. Although the application of reconstructing sea-level histories using OSL-dated raised beach deposits provides a better understanding of the timing and nature of relative sea-level change in Marguerite Bay, we highlight possible problems associated with using raised beaches as sea-level indices due to post-depositional reworking by storm waves. © 2013 Elsevier Ltd. Citation statistics:
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标识符: http://119.78.100.158/handle/2HF3EXSE/60513
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作者单位: Department of Earth Sciences, University of California-Santa Barbara, 1006 Webb Hall - MC 9630, Santa Barbara, CA 93106-9630, United States; Department of Physics, East Carolina University, Howell Science Complex, 1000 East 5th Street, Greenville, NC 27858, United States
Recommended Citation:
Simkins L.M.,Simms A.R.,DeWitt R.. Relative sea-level history of Marguerite Bay, Antarctic Peninsula derived from optically stimulated luminescence-dated beach cobbles[J]. Quaternary Science Reviews,2013-01-01,77