Mid Holocene lake level and shoreline behavior during the Nipissing phase of the upper Great Lakes at Alpena, Michigan, USA

Thompson, Todd A.; Lepper, Kenneth; Endres, Anthony L.; Johnston, John W.; Baedke, Steve J.; Argyilan, Erin P.; Booth, Robert K.; Wilcox, Douglas A.

doi:10.1016/j.jglr.2011.05.012

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“…The oldest episode formed the early Tolleston Beach, beginning ~6.0 ka, with the Nipissing transgression in Lake Michigan and culminating at the Nipissing high, ~4.5 ka (Thompson et al, 2011;Fisher et al, 2012;Thompson et al, this volume). The early Tolleston Beach formed as a mainland-attached barrier bar with a lagoon behind it.…”

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“…This episode began ~4.5 ka (Figure 9) during the post-Nipissing 4 m fall in lake level (Baedke and Thompson, 2000;Thompson et al, 2011). Much of the sand in the modern Tolleston Dunes east of Ogden Dunes was likely emplaced during this early dune development between 4.5 and 3.0 ka.…”

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“…The barrier beach, which consists of a strandplain of dune capped beach ridges, and the down drift strandplain are known as the Tolleston Beach. These features formed in association with the mid-Holocene Nipissing lake level high (Hansel et al, 1985;Thompson and Baedke, 1997;Thompson et al, 2011;Fisher et al, 2012;Thompson et al, this volume). The barrier beach totals ~80 km2, measuring ~3 km wide on its western end in the Gary-Miller, Indiana area (Figure 1B), and narrowing in an east to northeasterly direction (azimuth 68°) to ~0.6 km wide at the IndianaMichigan border.…”

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Late Holocene dune development and shift in dune-building winds along southern Lake Michigan

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Venturelli

Goble

2014

Coastline and Dune Evolution Along the Great Lakes

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, "Late Holocene dune development and shift in dune-building winds along southern Lake Michigan" (2014 AbstractThe youngest dune belt along Lake Michigan's southern coast evolved through four stages. The first stage began during the Nipissing transgression, ~6.0 ka, and culminated at the Nipissing high, ~4.5 ka. Rising lake levels eroded the lake margins and generated sediment that was transported to southern Lake Michigan, creating the Tolleston barrier beach. The second stage, beginning ~4.5 ka with a rapid lake level fall and continuing to ~3.0 ka, represents a major episode of transgressive parabolic dune field development. Large, simple parabolic dunes, with easterly apices (85-105° azimuth) suggestive of westerly wind formation, developed in a sand belt ~1-2 km wide. The third stage, from ~3.0 to 1.0 ka, was characterized by strandplain progradation and transverse ridge development west of Miller, Indiana, and dune stabilization creating the Holland Paleosol east of Miller. Sporadic blowout activity from strong westerly winds redistributed the sand within the dune field, amalgamating simple dune forms into compound, rake-like, and nested parabolic dunes. The fourth and youngest stage, beginning ~1.0 ka, represents blowout development in a southeasterly direction (120-135° azimuth), indicating a wind direction shift to the northwest. Blowouts, whether developed in transverse ridges or in the northern arms of parabolic dunes, occur closest to the lake. The timing of this blowout initiation coincides with a rise in the level of Lake Michigan. However, a more likely development and maintenance mechanism for these dunes is increased storminess with strong northerly and northwesterly winds during the cooler months of the year.1

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Late Holocene dune development and shift in dune-building winds along southern Lake Michigan

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“…After 8900 cal yr B.P., the higher glacioisostatic rebound rates at the North Bay outlet raised water level in the Superior basin to the mid-Holocene Nipissing highstand by 4500 cal yr B.P. (Thompson et al, 2011;Fisher et al, 2012;Thompson et al, this volume). At this time water levels were confl uent in the Superior, Michigan and Huron basins.…”

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“…(Baedke and Thompson, 2000;Thompson et al, 2011;this volume), the Port Huron outlet remained the controlling outlet for Lake Superior since the St. Marys River lowland was submerged at this time. However, because the lowland lies on an isobase that has been rising faster than that at Port Huron, the St. Marys River eventually emerged at Sault Ste.…”

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Coastal geology and recent origins for Sand Point, Lake Superior

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Krantz²,

Castaneda³

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Coastline and Dune Evolution Along the Great Lakes

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Sand Point is a small cuspate foreland located along the southeastern shore of Lake Superior within Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore near Munising, Michigan. Park managers' concerns for the integrity of historic buildings at the northern periphery of the point during the rising lake levels in the mid-1980s greatly elevated the priority of research into the geomorphic history and age of Sand Point. To pursue this priority, we recovered sediment cores from four ponds on Sand Point, assessed subsurface stratigraphy onshore and offshore using geophysical techniques, and interpreted the chronology of events using radiocarbon and luminescence dating. Sand Point formed at the southwest edge of a subaqueous platform whose base is probably constructed of glacial diamicton and outwash. During the post-glacial Nipissing Transgression,

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Archaeology and paleogeography of a Lake‐Wetland complex: Modeling the postglacial evolution of the Kawartha Lakes, Ontario

Conolly

2020

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This study uses a combination of isostatic rebound, hydrological flow, and sedimentation models to generate predictions about the postglacial evolution (from ca. 12.0 ka cal BP to the modern‐day) of the Kawartha Lakes region of central Ontario, Canada. Changes in shoreline and wetland configuration are mapped and quantified so as to inform understanding of the environmental history of the region and illuminate the manner of its evolution. This knowledge is discussed in the context of the human history of the region, particularly the relationship between ancestral Indigenous communities and their relationship to lakes and wetlands. Areas of significant shoreline transgression are identified and thus where inundated archaeological sites are likely to exist. The scale of loss of wetland areas as a result of 19th‐century dam construction is also estimated along with the impacts of settler dams on Michi Saagigg Nishaabeg First Nations traditional harvesting practices.

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Mid Holocene lake level and shoreline behavior during the Nipissing phase of the upper Great Lakes at Alpena, Michigan, USA

Cited by 40 publications

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Late Holocene dune development and shift in dune-building winds along southern Lake Michigan

Late Holocene dune development and shift in dune-building winds along southern Lake Michigan

Coastal geology and recent origins for Sand Point, Lake Superior

Archaeology and paleogeography of a Lake‐Wetland complex: Modeling the postglacial evolution of the Kawartha Lakes, Ontario

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