A 10Be‐based reconstruction of the last deglaciation in southern Sweden |
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| Authors: | Johanna Anjar Nicolaj K Larsen Lena Håkansson Per Möller Henriette Linge Derek Fabel Sheng Xu |
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| Institution: | 1. Department of Geology, Lund University, , SE‐223 62 Lund, Sweden;2. Department of Geoscience, Aarhus University, , DK‐8000 Aarhus C, Denmark;3. The Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland, , DK‐1350 Copenhagen, Denmark;4. Department of Earth Science, University of Bergen, , NO‐5007 Bergen, Norway;5. Bjerknes Centre for Climate Research, , NO‐5007 Bergen, Norway;6. School of Geographical and Earth Sciences, University of Glasgow, , UK;7. Scottish Universities Environmental Research Centre, , East Kilbride, G75 0QF UK |
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| Abstract: | We present 23 cosmogenic surface exposure ages from 10 localities in southern Sweden. The new 10Be ages allow a direct correlation between the east and west coasts of southern Sweden, based on the same dating technique, and provide new information about the deglaciation of the Fennoscandian Ice Sheet in the circum‐Baltic area. In western Skåne, southernmost Sweden, a single cosmogenic surface exposure sample gave an age of 16.8±1.0 ka, whereas two samples from the central part of Skåne gave ages of 17.0±0.9 and 14.1±0.8 ka. Further northeast, in southern Småland, two localities gave ages ranging from 15.2±0.8 to 16.9±0.9 ka (n=5) indicating a somewhat earlier deglaciation of the area than has previously been suggested. Our third locality, in S Småland, gave ages ranging from 10.2±0.5 to 18.4±1.6 ka (n=3), which are probably not representative of the timing of deglaciation. In central Småland one locality was dated to 14.5±0.8 ka (n=3), whereas our northernmost locality, situated in northern Småland, was dated to 13.8±0.8 ka (n=3). Samples from the island of Gotland suggest deglaciation before 13 ka ago. We combined the new 10Be ages with previously published deglaciation ages to constrain the deglaciation chronology of southern Sweden. The combined deglaciation chronology suggests a rather steady deglaciation in southern Sweden starting at c. 17.9 cal. ka BP in NW Skåne and reaching northern Småland, ～200 km further north, c. 13.8 ka ago. Overall the new deglaciation ages agree reasonably well with existing deglaciation chronologies, but suggest a somewhat earlier deglaciation in Småland. |
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