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| author | Morgan, Daniel J Putkonen, Jaakko Balco, Greg Stone, John |
| author_facet | Morgan, Daniel J Putkonen, Jaakko Balco, Greg Stone, John |
| collection | Datos científicos de ciencias marinas y ambientales |
| contents | The McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica (MDV) are among the oldest landscapes on Earth, and some landforms there present an intriguing apparent contradiction such that millions of years old surface deposits maintain their meter-scale morphology despite the fact that measured erosion rates are 0.1-4 m/Ma. We analyzed the concentration of cosmic ray-produced 10Be and 26Al in quartz sands from regolith directly above and below two well-documented ash deposits in the MDV, the Arena Valley ash (40Ar/39Ar age of 4.33 Ma) and the Hart ash (K-Ar age of 3.9 Ma). Measured concentrations of 10Be and 26Al are significantly less than expected given the age of the in situ air fall ashes and are best interpreted as reflecting the degradation rate of the overlying sediments. The erosion rate of the material above the Arena Valley ash that best explains the observed isotope profiles is 3.5 ± 0.41 x 10**-5 g/cm**2/yr (~0.19 m/Ma) for the past ~4 Ma. For the Hart ash, the erosion rate is 4.8 ± 0.21 x 10**-4 g/cm**2/yr (~2.6 m/Ma) for the past ~1 Ma. The concentration profiles do not show signs of mixing, creep, or deflation caused by sublimation of ground ice. These results indicate that the slow, steady lowering of the surface without vertical mixing may allow landforms to maintain their meter-scale morphology even though they are actively eroding. |
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| spellingShingle | (Table 1) Soil density and concentration of 10Beryllium and 26Aluminium in samples from two ash deposits in the McMurdo Dry Valleys Morgan, Daniel J Putkonen, Jaakko Balco, Greg Stone, John 04-AV-Pit-4; 04-LWV-Pit-25; Aluminium-26; Aluminium-26, standard deviation; Beryllium-10; Beryllium-10, standard deviation; Cumulative mass; Density, wet bulk; Depth, bottom/max; DEPTH, sediment/rock; Depth, top/min; Description; Digging pit; DPIT; International Polar Year (2007-2008); IPY; McMurdo Dry Valleys, southern Victorica Land, Antarctica; Sample ID The McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica (MDV) are among the oldest landscapes on Earth, and some landforms there present an intriguing apparent contradiction such that millions of years old surface deposits maintain their meter-scale morphology despite the fact that measured erosion rates are 0.1-4 m/Ma. We analyzed the concentration of cosmic ray-produced 10Be and 26Al in quartz sands from regolith directly above and below two well-documented ash deposits in the MDV, the Arena Valley ash (40Ar/39Ar age of 4.33 Ma) and the Hart ash (K-Ar age of 3.9 Ma). Measured concentrations of 10Be and 26Al are significantly less than expected given the age of the in situ air fall ashes and are best interpreted as reflecting the degradation rate of the overlying sediments. The erosion rate of the material above the Arena Valley ash that best explains the observed isotope profiles is 3.5 ± 0.41 x 10**-5 g/cm**2/yr (~0.19 m/Ma) for the past ~4 Ma. For the Hart ash, the erosion rate is 4.8 ± 0.21 x 10**-4 g/cm**2/yr (~2.6 m/Ma) for the past ~1 Ma. The concentration profiles do not show signs of mixing, creep, or deflation caused by sublimation of ground ice. These results indicate that the slow, steady lowering of the surface without vertical mixing may allow landforms to maintain their meter-scale morphology even though they are actively eroding. |
| title | (Table 1) Soil density and concentration of 10Beryllium and 26Aluminium in samples from two ash deposits in the McMurdo Dry Valleys |
| topic | 04-AV-Pit-4; 04-LWV-Pit-25; Aluminium-26; Aluminium-26, standard deviation; Beryllium-10; Beryllium-10, standard deviation; Cumulative mass; Density, wet bulk; Depth, bottom/max; DEPTH, sediment/rock; Depth, top/min; Description; Digging pit; DPIT; International Polar Year (2007-2008); IPY; McMurdo Dry Valleys, southern Victorica Land, Antarctica; Sample ID |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.817195 |