Timing of advance and basal condition of the Laurentide Ice Sheet during the last glacial maximum in the Richardson Mountains,NWT |
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| Authors: | Denis Lacelle Bernard Lauriol Grant Zazula Bassam Ghaleb Nicholas Utting Ian D Clark |
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| Institution: | 1. Department of Geography, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada;2. Department of Tourism and Culture, Government of Yukon, Whitehorse, Canada;3. Centre de recherche en géochimie et géodynamique, GEOTOP, Université du Québec a Montréal, Montréal, Canada;4. Department of Earth Science, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada;5. BGC Engineering Inc, Vancouver, BC, Canada |
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| Abstract: | This study presents new ages for the northwest section of the Laurentide Ice Sheet (LIS) glacial chronology from material recovered from two retrogressive thaw slumps exposed in the Richardson Mountains, Northwest Territories, Canada. One study site, located at the maximum glacial limit of the LIS in the Richardson Mountains, had calcite concretions recovered from aufeis buried by glacial till that were dated by U/Th disequilibrium to 18,500 cal yr BP. The second site, located on the Peel Plateau to the east yielded a fossil horse (Equus) mandible that was radiocarbon dated to ca. 19,700 cal yr BP. These ages indicate that the Peel Plateau on the eastern flanks of the Richardson Mountains was glaciated only after 18,500 cal yr BP, which is later than previous models for the global last glacial maximum (LGM). As the LIS retreated the Peel Plateau around 15,000 cal yr BP, following the age of the Tutsieta phase, we conclude that the presence of the northwestern margin of the LIS at its maximum limit was a very short event in the western Canadian Arctic. |
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| Keywords: | Laurentide Ice Sheet Last glacial maximum Ground ice Richardson Mountains Western Arctic |
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