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Modeling the spatially distributed nature of subglacial sediment transport and erosion [PDF]

Earth Surface Dynamics, 2023
Abstract. Glaciers expel sediment as they melt, in addition to ice and water. As a result, changing glacier dynamics and melt produce changes to glacier erosion and sediment discharge, which can impact the landscape surrounding retreating glaciers, as well as communities and ecosystems downstream.
I. Delaney, L. Anderson, L. Anderson, F. Herman   +3 more
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The mechanics of subglacial sediment: an example of new “transitional” behaviour [PDF]

Canadian Geotechnical Journal, 2010
A series of isotropic compression tests and drained and undrained triaxial compression tests have been performed on glacial sediment from Iceland. Langjökull sediment, which is well graded, is thought to have reached a critical grading during deposition and transportation.
Altuhafi, F, Baudet, BA, Sammonds, P
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Subglacial sediment deformation in the Ross Sea, Antarctica

Quaternary Science Advances, 2021
Abstract:: The Ross Sea embayment is the outlet for one-third of all Antarctic ice flow, receiving input from both East and West Antarctica. Marine-based ice streams, whose stability is susceptible to global sea-level changes, expand and contract across the Ross Sea continental shelf, eroding and deforming the substrate and transporting sediment ...
Delaney E. Robinson, John Menzies, Julia S. Wellner, Rachel W. Clark   +3 more
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Deglaciation of the Burren glacio‐karst, western Ireland, during Termination 1: Implications for North Atlantic climate and karstification

Journal of Quaternary Science, EarlyView.
Abstract The Burren uplands in western Ireland form one of the most extensive and best‐preserved examples of glacio‐karst in Europe. Subsumed by the Irish ice sheet during the Late Pleistocene, granite erratic boulders and in situ silica veins in the limestone bedrock provide a rare opportunity to reconstruct the timing and rate of deglaciation ...
Gordon Bromley, Colin Bunce, Brenda Hall, Aaron Putnam, Frank McDermott   +4 more
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The Glacial Legacy of the Geneva Basin: Morphology and implications of an intricate tunnel valley system revealed from 3D seismic data

Journal of Quaternary Science, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Like other perialpine basins and glaciated margins, the Geneva Basin in SW Switzerland is characterised by buried tunnel valleys, which are elongated incisions widely attributed to subglacial meltwater erosion beneath continental ice sheets. However, an inclusive understanding of the geological control on the evolution of the glacial landscape
Ovie Emmanuel Eruteya, Emna Meftah, Andrea Moscariello   +2 more
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Hydraulic reconstruction of catastrophic drainage from the Late Glacial, Lake Fraser, British Columbia, Canada

Journal of Quaternary Science, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Glacial Lake Fraser, which formed in British Columbia against the retreating Cordilleran Ice Sheet, stored ~520 km3 of water before its near‐total drainage into the Salish Sea during an outburst flood event. Despite the impact of the outburst flood on sediment transport and landscape evolution in the Fraser River valley, its peak discharge and
Sean M. Loeffler, John J. Clague, Brendan G. N. Miller, Sophie L. Norris   +3 more
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Out in the cold? A review of Early Middle Palaeolithic settlements in northern Central Europe, age data and geological preconditions for site formation and preservation

Boreas, EarlyView.
The characteristics of settlement of Neanderthals in northern Central Europe during the earlier phases of the Middle Palaeolithic (Marine Isotope Stage 8–6) have been a matter of debate for decades, specifically regarding the population dynamics at such latitudes during the coldest phases. In this paper, we review the known archaeological record of the
Gianpiero Di Maida, Jutta Winsemann, Malte Hoffmann, Tobias Lauer, Utz Böhner, Thomas Terberger   +5 more
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Refining the timing of Middle Pleistocene (MIS 12 to MIS 6) ice advances into northern central Europe: sedimentological analysis and single‐grain luminescence dating of glaciotectonic complexes and tunnel‐valley fills

Boreas, EarlyView.
We summarize the current state of knowledge on the age of the Middle Pleistocene ice advances into northern central Europe and provide 25 new single‐grain feldspar luminescence ages of Elsterian and Saalian glacigenic sediments to constrain the age of the ice advances and their tentative correlation with marine isotope stages/substages.
Niklas von Soest, Neda Rahimzadeh, Debra Colarossi, Falko Malis, Tobias Lauer, Wera Sander‐Beuermann, Yvonne Spychala, Christian Brandes, Runa Fälber, Sumiko Tsukamoto, Jutta Winsemann   +10 more
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Flow‐pattern evolution of the Scandinavian Ice Sheet indicated by the subglacial lineation record over Norway, Sweden and Finland

Boreas, EarlyView.
We present a 25‐stage reconstruction of the ice‐flow pattern evolution of the Scandinavian Ice Sheet based on mapping and analysis of ~240 000 subglacial lineations and lineation fields across Norway, Sweden, Finland, and parts of NW Russia. Our reconstruction uses a glacial geomorphological inversion approach, in which we generated 611 individual ...
Frances E. G. Butcher, Anna L. C. Hughes, Helen E. Dulfer, Christopher D. Clark, Jeremy C. Ely, Emma L. M. Lewington, Benjamin M. Boyes, Alex C. Scoffield, Stephen Howcutt, Christiaan R. Diemont   +9 more
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Thorncliffe Formation: A proglacial to subglacial lacustrine basin sequence, Greater Toronto Region, Canada

Boreas, EarlyView.
Map of Lower sediment (LS) thickness is a surrogate for the distribution of Thorncliffe Formation (TF) and ~75% of TF thickness from the slope of Niagara Escarpment east to Brighton. Inset images show the LS sequence at the Don Valleys brickyards (DVBY) and undeformed TF sand and gravel (~15 m) below Newmarket Till (NT) at sites L and Co.
David R. Sharpe, Charles E. Logan, Ross D. Knight, Andre J.‐M. Pugin   +3 more
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