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Age‐Depth Stratigraphy of Pine Island Glacier Inferred From Airborne Radar and Ice‐Core Chronology
Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface ( IF 3.9 ) Pub Date : 2021-03-24 , DOI: 10.1029/2020jf005927
J. A. Bodart 1, 2 , R. G. Bingham 1 , D. W. Ashmore 3 , N. B. Karlsson 4 , A.S. Hein 1 , D. G. Vaughan 2
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Understanding the contribution of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet (WAIS) to past and future sea level has been a major scientific priority over the last three decades. In recent years, observed thinning and ice‐flow acceleration of the marine‐based Pine Island Glacier has highlighted that understanding dynamic changes is critical to predicting the long‐term stability of the WAIS. However, relatively little is known about the evolution of the catchment during the Holocene. Internal reflecting horizons (IRHs) provide a cumulative record of accumulation, basal melt, and ice dynamics that, if dated, can be used to constrain ice‐flow models. Here, we use airborne radars to trace four spatially extensive IRHs deposited in the late Quaternary across the Pine Island Glacier catchment. We use the WAIS Divide ice‐core chronology to assign ages to three IRHs: 4.72 ± 0.28, 6.94 ± 0.31, and 16.50 ± 0.79 ka. We use a 1‐D model, constrained by observational and modeled accumulation rates, to produce an independent validation of our ice‐core‐derived ages and provide an age estimate for our shallowest IRH (2.31–2.92 ka). We find that our upper three IRHs correspond to three large peaks in sulfate concentrations in the WAIS Divide ice‐core record and hypothesize that the origin of these spatially extensive IRHs is from past volcanic activity. The clear correspondence between our IRHs and the ones previously identified over the Weddell Sea Sector, altogether representing ∼20% of the WAIS, indicates that a unique set of stratigraphic markers spanning the Holocene exists over a large part of West Antarctica.

中文翻译:

从机载雷达和冰芯年代学推断松岛冰川的年龄深度地层

在过去的三十年中,了解西部南极冰原(WAIS)对过去和未来海平面的贡献一直是重要的科学重点。近年来,观察到的以海洋为基础的松岛冰川的变薄和冰流加速现象突出表明,了解动态变化对于预测WAIS的长期稳定性至关重要。但是,对于全新世期间流域的演变知之甚少。内部反射层(IRH)提供了累积,基础融化和冰动力学的累积记录,如果过时的话,可用于约束冰流模型。在这里,我们使用机载雷达来追踪沉积在松岛冰川集水区第四纪晚期的四个空间广泛的IRH。我们使用WAIS Divide冰芯年表将年龄分配给三个IRH:4。72±0.28、6.94±0.31和16.50±0.79 ka。我们使用一维模型,并受观测和建模蓄积率的约束,以对我们冰芯衍生的年龄进行独立验证,并为我们最浅的IRH(2.31-2.92 ka)提供年龄估计。我们发现,我们的前三个IRH对应于WAIS Divide冰芯记录中硫酸盐浓度的三个大峰值,并假设这些空间广泛的IRH的起源是过去的火山活动。我们的IRH与先前在Weddell海域确定的IRH之间的明确对应关系(共约占WAIS的20%)表明,在整个南极西部存在着一套全新世的独特地层标记。受观测和建模蓄积速率的约束,以对我们的冰芯年龄进行独立验证,并为我们最浅的IRH(2.31-2.92 ka)提供年龄估计。我们发现,我们的前三个IRH对应于WAIS Divide冰芯记录中硫酸盐浓度的三个大峰值,并假设这些空间广泛的IRH的起源是过去的火山活动。我们的IRH与先前在Weddell海域确定的IRH之间的明确对应关系(共约占WAIS的20%)表明,在整个南极西部存在着一套全新世的独特地层标记。受观测和建模蓄积率的约束,可以对我们的冰芯年龄进行独立验证,并为我们最浅的IRH(2.31-2.92 ka)提供年龄估计。我们发现,我们的前三个IRH对应于WAIS Divide冰芯记录中硫酸盐浓度的三个大峰值,并假设这些空间广泛的IRH的起源是过去的火山活动。我们的IRH与先前在Weddell海域确定的IRH之间的明确对应关系(共约占WAIS的20%)表明,在整个南极西部存在着一套全新世的独特地层标记。我们发现,我们的前三个IRH对应于WAIS Divide冰芯记录中硫酸盐浓度的三个大峰值,并假设这些空间广泛的IRH的起源是过去的火山活动。我们的IRH与先前在Weddell海域确定的IRH之间的明确对应关系(共约占WAIS的20%)表明,在整个南极西部存在着一套全新世的独特地层标记。我们发现,我们的前三个IRH对应于WAIS Divide冰芯记录中硫酸盐浓度的三个大峰值,并假设这些空间广泛的IRH的起源是过去的火山活动。我们的IRH与先前在Weddell海域确定的IRH之间的明确对应关系(共约占WAIS的20%)表明,在整个南极西部存在着一套全新世的独特地层标记。
更新日期:2021-04-29
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