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- Title
A high resolution relative paleointensity record from the Gerlache-Boyd paleo-ice stream region, northern Antarctic Peninsula
- Authors
Willmott, Verónica; Domack, Eugene W.; Canals, Miquel; Brachfeld, Stefanie
- Abstract
Abstract: Herein we document and interpret an absolute chronological dating attempt using geomagnetic paleointensity data from a post-glacial sediment drape on the western Antarctic Peninsula continental shelf. Our results demonstrate that absolute dating can be established in Holocene Antarctic shelf sediments that lack suitable material for radiocarbon dating. Two jumbo piston cores of 10-m length were collected in the Western Bransfield Basin. The cores preserve a strong, stable remanent magnetization and meet the magnetic mineral assemblage criteria recommended for reliable paleointensity analyses. The relative paleomagnetic intensity records were tuned to published absolute and relative paleomagnetic stacks, which yielded a record of the last ∼8500 years for the post-glacial drape. Four tephra layers associated with documented eruptions of nearby Deception Island have been dated at 3.31, 3.73, 4.44, and 6.86 ± 0.07 ka using the geomagnetic paleointensity method. This study establishes the dual role of geomagnetic paleointensity and tephrochronology in marine sediments across both sides of the northern Antarctic Peninsula.
- Subjects
MARINE sediments; SEDIMENTATION &; deposition; TERRITORIAL waters; OCEAN bottom
- Publication
Quaternary Research, 2006, Vol 66, Issue 1, p1
- ISSN
0033-5894
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1016/j.yqres.2006.01.006