In situ terrestrial cosmogenic nuclide(TCN)has been widely applied to date the ages of Quaternary glacial deposits in Antarctica and plays an important role in reconstructing the glacial evolution and climate change.I...In situ terrestrial cosmogenic nuclide(TCN)has been widely applied to date the ages of Quaternary glacial deposits in Antarctica and plays an important role in reconstructing the glacial evolution and climate change.It helps to under‐stand the Antarctic ice sheet's evolution process in Quaternary and shed light on the application of Cosmogenic Nu‐clide exposure dating technique in Glacial Geomorphology.In this paper,we retrieved 49510Be age samples in Ant‐arctica from literature published between 2004 and 2020 and recalculated the TCN ages using version 3.0 online cal‐culator of Cosmic-Ray Produced Nuclide Systematics on Earth(CRONUS-Earth).Several conclusions can be drawn from the results:(1)75%of the exposure ages are younger than 400 ka,and 91%younger than 1,100 ka.Northern Antarctic Peninsula exposure result is visibly younger than the main glaciers in East Antarctica due to climate change and geological evaluation since the LGM(Last Glacial Maximum).(2)TCN ages are relevant to the samples'relative positions in the Antarctic continent,but a relationship between their ages and elevations is yet to be determined based on the collected data.展开更多
The ages and accumulation rates of ice are important boundary conditions for paleoclimatic ice models. Radardetected isochronic layers can be used to date the ice column beneath the ice surface and infer past accumula...The ages and accumulation rates of ice are important boundary conditions for paleoclimatic ice models. Radardetected isochronic layers can be used to date the ice column beneath the ice surface and infer past accumulation rates. A Deep Ice-Core Drilling Project has been carried out at Kunlun station in the Dome A region, East Antarctica. Radio echo sounding data are collected during the 2004/2005 Chinese National Research Expedition and the 2007/2008 Dome Connection East Antarctica project of the Alfred Wegener Institute(Germany). Radar isochronic layers from the dataset were linked to compare a new deep ice core site from Kunlun station and the Vostok ice core site. Ten visible layers, accounting for ~50% ice thickness at the Kunlun station ice core site, were dated based on the Vostok ice core chronology. At 1,640 m depth below surface, an age of ~160,400 yr was determined, corresponding to a bright layer at Kunlun station. These layers provided geometric information on the past surface of the ice sheet around the ice core site through the Wisconsin glacial stage, Eemian interglacial and Marine Isotope Stage6. Based on a simple ice flow model and the age-depth relationship, we concluded that the region around the Kunlun ice core site had lower past accumulation rates, consistent with the present pattern. The age-depth relationship would thus be expected to correlate and constrain the chronology of the deep ice core at Kunlun station in the future.展开更多
基金the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.41971009 and No.41503054)the China Postdoctoral Science Foundation(No.2015M582728)the Priority Academic Program Development of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions(No.64320H116).
文摘In situ terrestrial cosmogenic nuclide(TCN)has been widely applied to date the ages of Quaternary glacial deposits in Antarctica and plays an important role in reconstructing the glacial evolution and climate change.It helps to under‐stand the Antarctic ice sheet's evolution process in Quaternary and shed light on the application of Cosmogenic Nu‐clide exposure dating technique in Glacial Geomorphology.In this paper,we retrieved 49510Be age samples in Ant‐arctica from literature published between 2004 and 2020 and recalculated the TCN ages using version 3.0 online cal‐culator of Cosmic-Ray Produced Nuclide Systematics on Earth(CRONUS-Earth).Several conclusions can be drawn from the results:(1)75%of the exposure ages are younger than 400 ka,and 91%younger than 1,100 ka.Northern Antarctic Peninsula exposure result is visibly younger than the main glaciers in East Antarctica due to climate change and geological evaluation since the LGM(Last Glacial Maximum).(2)TCN ages are relevant to the samples'relative positions in the Antarctic continent,but a relationship between their ages and elevations is yet to be determined based on the collected data.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.41876230&41376192)the National Basic Research Program of China(Grant No.2013CBA01804)the Chinese Polar Environment Comprehensive Investigation&Assessment Programs(Grant No.CHINARE2017-04-01)
文摘The ages and accumulation rates of ice are important boundary conditions for paleoclimatic ice models. Radardetected isochronic layers can be used to date the ice column beneath the ice surface and infer past accumulation rates. A Deep Ice-Core Drilling Project has been carried out at Kunlun station in the Dome A region, East Antarctica. Radio echo sounding data are collected during the 2004/2005 Chinese National Research Expedition and the 2007/2008 Dome Connection East Antarctica project of the Alfred Wegener Institute(Germany). Radar isochronic layers from the dataset were linked to compare a new deep ice core site from Kunlun station and the Vostok ice core site. Ten visible layers, accounting for ~50% ice thickness at the Kunlun station ice core site, were dated based on the Vostok ice core chronology. At 1,640 m depth below surface, an age of ~160,400 yr was determined, corresponding to a bright layer at Kunlun station. These layers provided geometric information on the past surface of the ice sheet around the ice core site through the Wisconsin glacial stage, Eemian interglacial and Marine Isotope Stage6. Based on a simple ice flow model and the age-depth relationship, we concluded that the region around the Kunlun ice core site had lower past accumulation rates, consistent with the present pattern. The age-depth relationship would thus be expected to correlate and constrain the chronology of the deep ice core at Kunlun station in the future.
基金supported by the Natural Science Foundation of Fujian Province(2019J05041)the Education Foundation of Fujian Province(JAT170021)the“Double-First Class”Foundation of Materials and Intelligent Manufacturing Discipline of Xiamen University。