TY - JOUR
T1 - Ice-sheet burial and erosion inferred from cosmogenic nuclide bedrock depth profiles
T2 - Implications for the glaciation history of northeastern Fennoscandia
AU - Andersen, Jane L.
AU - Knudsen, Mads F.
AU - Stroeven, A. P.
AU - Olsen, Jesper
AU - Pedersen, Vivi K.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2024 The Authors
PY - 2024/11
Y1 - 2024/11
N2 - In this study, we evaluate the application of shallow (<2.5 m) cosmogenic depth profiles in bedrock to constrain long-term ice-burial and erosion histories. Using Markov Chain Monte Carlo inversion modelling on a series of synthetic scenarios, we demonstrate that cosmogenic 10Be and 26Al profiles provide more robust constraints on ice-burial duration and erosion histories than surface samples alone, particularly when erosion rates are low (<5–10 m Myr−1) and/or non-steady. We apply this method to new depth profiles of 10Be and 26Al measurements from two tors in the Parkajoki region in northeastern Sweden. Our results indicate erosion depths of ∼2–10 m and ice burial for ∼20–35% of the time since 500 ka. These estimates imply more erosion and less ice burial than previously inferred from the same tors. However, by re-assessing the extent of ice cover during the Weichselian from existing records, we show that some cosmogenic nuclide inheritance predates the penultimate glacial maximum (Late Saalian), implying limited glacial erosion in the Parkajoki region during the last glacial cycle.
AB - In this study, we evaluate the application of shallow (<2.5 m) cosmogenic depth profiles in bedrock to constrain long-term ice-burial and erosion histories. Using Markov Chain Monte Carlo inversion modelling on a series of synthetic scenarios, we demonstrate that cosmogenic 10Be and 26Al profiles provide more robust constraints on ice-burial duration and erosion histories than surface samples alone, particularly when erosion rates are low (<5–10 m Myr−1) and/or non-steady. We apply this method to new depth profiles of 10Be and 26Al measurements from two tors in the Parkajoki region in northeastern Sweden. Our results indicate erosion depths of ∼2–10 m and ice burial for ∼20–35% of the time since 500 ka. These estimates imply more erosion and less ice burial than previously inferred from the same tors. However, by re-assessing the extent of ice cover during the Weichselian from existing records, we show that some cosmogenic nuclide inheritance predates the penultimate glacial maximum (Late Saalian), implying limited glacial erosion in the Parkajoki region during the last glacial cycle.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.quascirev.2024.109010
DO - 10.1016/j.quascirev.2024.109010
M3 - Journal article
AN - SCOPUS:85206938465
SN - 0277-3791
VL - 344
JO - Quaternary Science Reviews
JF - Quaternary Science Reviews
M1 - 109010
ER -