Age-depth relationship, XRF/physical properties, and XRD anlaysis of sediment cores MSM09/2_467-3 (GeoTü SL 174) and MSM09/2_455-13 (GeoTü SL 170)

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The chronology of deglacial meltwater pulses from the Laurentide Ice Sheet is well documented. However, the deglacial history of the North American-Arctic (north-eastern Laurentide and Innuitian) and western Greenland ice sheets draining into the Labrador Sea via Baffin Bay is less well constrained. Here we present new high-resolution, radiocarbon-dated records from the central Baffin Bay spanning ~17 to 10 kyr BP and documenting the full deglacial history of Baffin Bay. Sedimentological and geochemical data confirm the presence of two periods of enhanced detrital carbonate delivery, termed Baffin Bay Detrital Carbonate Events (BBDCs). These events are dated to ~14.2-13.7 kyr BP and ~12.7-11 kyr BP. They are synchronous across Baffin Bay and their mineralogical signature indicates a common source of detrital carbonate from northern Baffin Bay. The first event, BBDC 1, postdates Heinrich Event 1 and the second event, BBDC 0, predates the recently revised timing of Heinrich Event 0. The onset of the BBDC events appears not to be systematically linked to Greenland temperature change as they occur during both interstadial and stadial periods. This indicates that deglaciation of North American-Arctic and western Greenland ice sheets with the associated iceberg and meltwater discharge were decoupled from the dominant North Atlantic climate mode, where iceberg discharge events from the Laurentide Ice Sheet occurred during stadial periods.

Supplement to: Jackson, Rebecca; Carlson, Anders Eskil; Hillaire-Marcel, Claude; Wacker, Lukas; Vogt, Christoph; Kucera, Michal (2017): Asynchronous instability of the North American-Arctic and Greenland ice sheets during the last deglaciation. Quaternary Science Reviews, 164, 140-153

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DOI https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.882505
Related Identifier https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2017.03.020
Metadata Access https://ws.pangaea.de/oai/provider?verb=GetRecord&metadataPrefix=datacite4&identifier=oai:pangaea.de:doi:10.1594/PANGAEA.882505
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Creator Jackson, Rebecca ORCID logo; Carlson, Anders Eskil; Hillaire-Marcel, Claude ORCID logo; Wacker, Lukas ORCID logo; Vogt, Christoph ORCID logo; Kucera, Michal ORCID logo
Publisher PANGAEA
Publication Year 2017
Rights Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
OpenAccess true
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Language English
Resource Type Supplementary Publication Series of Datasets; Collection
Format application/zip
Size 7 datasets
Discipline Earth System Research
Spatial Coverage (-63.331W, 68.531S, -59.393E, 68.969N)
Temporal Coverage Begin 2008-09-05T10:13:00Z
Temporal Coverage End 2008-09-09T16:13:00Z