Pinedale glacial history of the upper Arkansas River valley: New moraine chronologies, modeling results, and geologic mapping
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Abstract
This field-trip guide outlines the glacial history of the upper Arkansas River valley, Colorado, and builds on a previous GSA field trip to the area in 2010. The following will be presented: (1) new cosmogenic 10Be exposure ages of moraine boulders from the Pinedale and Bull Lake glaciations (Marine Isotope Stages 2 and 6, respectively) located adjacent to the Twin Lakes Reservoir, (2) numerical modeling of glaciers during the Pinedale glaciation in major tributaries draining into the upper Arkansas River, (3) discharge estimates for glacial-lake outburst floods in the upper Arkansas River valley, and (4) 10Be ages on flood boulders deposited downvalley from the moraine sequences. This research was stimulated by a new geologic map of the Granite 7.5′ quadrangle, in which the mapping of surficial deposits was revised based in part on the interpretation of newly acquired LiDAR data and field investigations. The new 10Be ages of the Pinedale terminal moraine at Twin Lakes average 21.8 ± 0.7 ka (n = 14), which adds to nearby Pinedale terminal moraine ages of 23.6 ± 1.4 ka (n = 5), 20.5 ± 0.2 ka (n = 3), and 16.6 ± 1.0 ka (n = 7), and downvalley outburst flood terraces that date to 20.9 ± 0.9 ka (n = 4) and 19.0 ± 0.6 ka (n = 4). This growing chronology leads to improved understanding of the controls and timing of glaciation in the western United States, the modeling of glacial-lake outburst flooding, and the reconstruction of paleotemperature through glacier modeling.
Publication type | Book chapter |
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Publication Subtype | Book Chapter |
Title | Pinedale glacial history of the upper Arkansas River valley: New moraine chronologies, modeling results, and geologic mapping |
Series title | Geological Society of America Field Guides |
DOI | 10.1130/2016.0044(14) |
Volume | 44 |
Year Published | 2016 |
Language | English |
Publisher | Geological Society of America |
Contributing office(s) | Geosciences and Environmental Change Science Center |
Description | 19 p. |
Larger Work Type | Book |
Larger Work Subtype | Monograph |
Larger Work Title | Unfolding the Geology of the West |
First page | 335 |
Last page | 353 |
Country | United States |
Other Geospatial | Arkansas River valley |
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