Optically stimulated luminescence age controls on late Pleistocene and Holocene coastal lithosomes, North Carolina, USA
Quaternary Research
By: D. Mallinson, K. Burdette, S. Mahan, and G. Brook
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Abstract
Luminescence ages from a variety of coastal features on the North Carolina Coastal Plain provide age control for shoreline formation and relative sea-level position during the late Pleistocene. A series of paleoshoreline ridges, dating to Marine Isotope Stage (MIS) 5a and MIS 3 have been defined. The Kitty Hawk beach ridges, on the modern Outer Banks, yield ages of 3 to 2??ka. Oxygen-isotope data are used to place these deposits in the context of global climate and sea-level change. The occurrence of MIS 5a and MIS 3 shorelines suggests that glacio-isostatic adjustment (GIA) of the study area is large (ca. 22 to 26??m), as suggested and modeled by other workers, and/or MIS 3 sea level was briefly higher than suggested by some coral reef studies. Correcting the shoreline elevations for GIA brings their elevation in line with other sea-level indicators. The age of the Kitty Hawk beach ridges places the Holocene shoreline well west of its present location at ca. 3 to 2??ka. The age of shoreline progradation is consistent with the ages of other beach ridge complexes in the southeast USA, suggesting some regionally contemporaneous forcing mechanism. ?? 2007 University of Washington.
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Mallinson, D., Burdette, K., Mahan, S., Brook, G., 2008, Optically stimulated luminescence age controls on late Pleistocene and Holocene coastal lithosomes, North Carolina, USA: Quaternary Research, v. 69, no. 1, p. 97-109, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.yqres.2007.10.002.
| Publication type | Article |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | Journal Article |
| Title | Optically stimulated luminescence age controls on late Pleistocene and Holocene coastal lithosomes, North Carolina, USA |
| Series title | Quaternary Research |
| DOI | 10.1016/j.yqres.2007.10.002 |
| Volume | 69 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Publication Date | January 20, 2017 |
| Year Published | 2008 |
| Language | English |
| Larger Work Type | Article |
| Larger Work Subtype | Journal Article |
| Larger Work Title | Quaternary Research |
| First page | 97 |
| Last page | 109 |