Two episodes of meltwater influx from glacial Lake Agassiz into the Lake Michigan basin and their climatic contrasts
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Abstract
Two episodes of meltwater influx from glacial Lake Agassiz are recorded as prominent sedimentologic, isotopic, magnetic, and faunal signatures in southern Lake Michigan profundal sediments. As a tributary to the main path of eastward Lake Agassiz flow, southern Lake Michigan recorded only the largest, catastrophic discharges. The distinctive Wilmette Bed, a massive gray mud that interrrupts laminated red glaciolacustrine clays, marks the first episode, which occurred near the beginning of the Younger Dryas cooling events. The associated discharge may have played a role in the inception or severity of the Younger Dryas event. An oxygen isotope excursion in biogenic carbonate and changes in ostracode assemblages mark the second episode, which appears to have had at least two pulses, dated by accelerator mass spectrometer 14C ages on biogenic carbonate at about 8.9 and 8.6 ka. The second episode occurred during the early Holocene peak in global meltwater discharge and apparently had little widespread climatic or oceanographic effect. The contrast between the effects associated with these two episodes of meltwater discharge emphasizes the complexity of the ice sheet-ocean-climate system. -Authors
Suggested Citation
Colman, S.M., Keigwin, L., and Forester, R.M., 1994, Two episodes of meltwater influx from glacial Lake Agassiz into the Lake Michigan basin and their climatic contrasts: Geology, v. 22, no. 6, p. 547-550, https://doi.org/10.1130/0091-7613(1994)022<0547:TEOMIF>2.3.CO;2.
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| Publication type | Article |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | Journal Article |
| Title | Two episodes of meltwater influx from glacial Lake Agassiz into the Lake Michigan basin and their climatic contrasts |
| Series title | Geology |
| DOI | 10.1130/0091-7613(1994)022<0547:TEOMIF>2.3.CO;2 |
| Volume | 22 |
| Issue | 6 |
| Year Published | 1994 |
| Language | English |
| Contributing office(s) | Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center |
| Description | 4 p. |
| Larger Work Type | Article |
| Larger Work Subtype | Journal Article |
| Larger Work Title | Geology |
| First page | 547 |
| Last page | 550 |
| Country | Canada, United States |
| Other Geospatial | Lake Michigan basin |