230Th/U-dating of intergarcial and interstadial fen peat and lignite: Potential limits

Geyh, Mebus A.

doi:10.3285/eg.57.1-2.4

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“…This method measures the rate of decay of 238 U into daughter isotope species and can be used to date material up to ca. 350,000 yr BP (Geyh, 2008). The main requirements for this technique are that the material must contain uranium at deposition, and that it is not affected by uranium or thorium from the surrounding environment while buried (van Calsteren and Thomas, 2006).…”

Section: U-th Datingmentioning

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Constraining the Late Pleistocene history of the Laurentide Ice Sheet by dating the Missinaibi Formation, Hudson Bay Lowlands, Canada

Dalton

Finkelstein

Barnett

et al. 2016

Quaternary Science Reviews

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Well-dated paleorecords from periods prior to the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM) are important for validating models of ice-sheet build-up and growth. However, owing to glacial erosion, most Late Pleistocene records lie outside of the previously glaciated region, which limits their ability to inform about the dynamics of paleo-ice sheets. Here, we evaluate new and previously published chronology data from the Missinaibi Formation, a Pleistocene-aged deposit in the Hudson Bay Lowlands (HBL), Canada, located near the geographic center of the Laurentide Ice Sheet (LIS). Available radiocarbon (AMS = 44, conventional = 36), amino acid (n = 13), uranium-thorium (U-Th, n = 14), thermoluminescence (TL, n = 15) and optically stimulated luminescence (OSL, n = 5) data suggest that an ice-free HBL may have been possible during parts of Marine Isotope Stage 7 (MIS 7; ca. 243,000 to ca. 190,000 yr BP), MIS 5 (ca. 130,000 to ca. 71,000 yr BP) and MIS 3 (ca. 29,000 to ca. 57,000). While MIS 7 and MIS 5 are 2 well-documented interglacial periods, the development of peat, forest bed and fluvial deposits dating to MIS 3 (n = 20 radiocarbon dates; 4 TL dates, 3 OSL dates), suggests that the LIS retreated and remained beyond, or somewhere within, the boundaries of the HBL during this interstadial. Ice sheet models approximate the margin of the LIS to Southern Ontario during this time, which is 700 km south of the HBL. Therefore, if correct, our data help constrain a significantly different configuration and dynamicity for the LIS than previously modelled. We can find no chronological basis to discount the MIS 3 age assignments. However, since most data originate from radiocarbon dates lying close to the reliable limit of this geochronometer, future work on dating the Missinaibi Formation using other geochronological methods (e.g. U-Th, OSL) is necessary in order to confirm the age estimates and strengthen the boundaries of the LIS during this period.

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Section: U-th Datingmentioning

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Constraining the Late Pleistocene history of the Laurentide Ice Sheet by dating the Missinaibi Formation, Hudson Bay Lowlands, Canada

Dalton

Finkelstein

Barnett

et al. 2016

Quaternary Science Reviews

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“…The aim of the Viernheim research borehole was to derive a standard section for the "Normal Facies" of the graben fi ll in the northern URG, and to provide detailed descriptions of these sediments with regard to the sedimentology, sedimentary petrography, palaeobotany and palaeontology. It was also the intention to date these sediments by physical dating methods such as OSL, IR-RF, TIMS-230 Th/U and Burial Age Dating (DEHNERT & SCHLÜCHTER 2008;PREUSSER et al 2008;GEYH 2008) and to provide information on sedimentation rates where possible. The form of subsidence in this region means that large parts of the section can be expected to be preserved in superposition.…”

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The Pliocene and Pleistocene fluvial evolution in the northern Upper Rhine Graben based on results of the research borehole at Viernheim (Hessen, Germany)

Hoselmann¹

2009

E&G Quaternary Sci. J.

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Abstract. The research borehole drilled in 2006 by the Hessian Agency for the Environment and Geology (HLUG) north of Viernheim (Hessisches Ried) reached a total depth of 350 m, and penetrated high resolution fluviatile and limnic-fluviatile sediments (0 to 225 m) of Pleistocene age, and partially highly pedogenically overprinted limnic-fluviatile sands, clays and silts of Pliocene age (225 to 350 m). The Pliocene sediments tend to be sourced locally. The sediments repeatedly show sourcing from the Odenwald which is characterised by a high percentage of green hornblende in the heavy mineral fraction. As part of the Heidelberg Basin research programme, one of the main purposes of this borehole was to analyse the Pleistocene “Normal Facies” of the northern Upper Rhine Graben, i.e. a sedimentary sequence subject to minimum disturbance, largely unaffected during the Pleistocene by material sourced from the graben margins or smaller tributaries. The Pleistocene sedimentary sequence consists of three units: a thin horizon with reworked Pliocene material is overlain by ten cycles each beginning erosively with gravely sandy sediments and ending with siltyargillaceous to in part peat-like sediments. Internal cycles can also be identified, amongst other features. A characteristic aspect is the green-grey, strongly calcareous, micaceous and well sorted, fi ne to medium sands of the Rhine. These are dominated by the Rhine Group (garnet, epidote, green hornblende and alterite) in the heavy mineral fraction. These sediments are classifi ed as the “Rhenish Facies”. The upper Pleistocene sedimentary sequences at the top of the Viernheim research borehole are dominated by several fi ning-upward and in part coarsening-upward sequences. The deposits in this part of the well are dominated by gravel deposited by the Neckar. The heavy mineral distribution of the sand fraction reveals, however, that there was mixing with Rhenish sediments. Weichselian to Holocene aeolian sands form the topmost part of the well section. The stratigraphic classifi cation of the Pleistocene sedimentary sequences is still uncertain in parts. The Pliocene-Pleistocene boundary is placed at 225 m because of the characteristic change in facies. Due to lithostratigraphic correlations with sediments within the Lower Rhine Embayment, a larger unconformity at the depth of 225 m must be accepted. Research carried out in the area around the well indicates that the youngest fine-clastic section penetrated by the well between 39.76 and 58.55 m is of Cromerian age.

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“…The data points scatter much wider than analytical error would suggest, and the data imply open-system behaviour for the whole succession. Therefore, no age calculations can be performed (Geyh, 2008).…”

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Chronological and sedimentological investigations of the Late Pleistocene succession in Osterbylund (Schleswig-Holstein, Germany)

Thiel

Kenzler

Stephan

et al. 2023

E&G Quaternary Sci. J.

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Abstract. The age of the push moraine complex Wallsbüll-Böxlund, Schleswig-Holstein, is unclear despite investigations in this area for decades. To address the timing of formation of both the push moraine complex and the peat and soils found in its depressions, an outcrop in Osterbylund (OBL) was investigated. Optically stimulated luminescence and 230Th/U dating, as well as pollen analyses, were undertaken with the aim to correlate the soils OBL 1 to OBL 4 to interglacials and interstadials. The chronological studies were accompanied by detailed sedimentological investigations. The results of the pollen analyses put the peat unambiguously to the Eemian; the peat is equivalent to OBL 1. The overlying sands and the other intercalated soils are to be placed into the early Weichselian. While for OBL 2 the assignment to the Brörup interstadial is clear, it is more difficult to clearly correlate OBL 3 and OBL 4 to an interstadial due to poor luminescence signal resetting of the sands, especially above OBL 4. Considering all data available, it is most likely that OBL 3 formed during the Odderade interstadial and OBL 4 during the Keller interstadial. From the Eemian to early Weichselian ages of the peat and soils it is evident that the push moraine complex is of Saalian age; a Weichselian ice margin further in the west, as assumed in other studies, can therefore be excluded.

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230Th/U-dating of intergarcial and interstadial fen peat and lignite: Potential limits

Cited by 6 publications

References 24 publications

Constraining the Late Pleistocene history of the Laurentide Ice Sheet by dating the Missinaibi Formation, Hudson Bay Lowlands, Canada

Constraining the Late Pleistocene history of the Laurentide Ice Sheet by dating the Missinaibi Formation, Hudson Bay Lowlands, Canada

The Pliocene and Pleistocene fluvial evolution in the northern Upper Rhine Graben based on results of the research borehole at Viernheim (Hessen, Germany)

Chronological and sedimentological investigations of the Late Pleistocene succession in Osterbylund (Schleswig-Holstein, Germany)

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