Meteoritic and bedrock constraints on the glacial history of Frontier Mountain in northern Victoria Land, Antarctica

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 270, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 308-315

  Welten, K C ^a   Folco, L ^b   Nishiizumi, K ^a   Caffee, M W ^c   Grimberg, A ^d,e   Meier, M M M ^d   Kober, F ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^c PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Antarctic meteorites; Cenozoic glacial history; cosmogenic nuclide; Frontier Mountain; surface exposure age; terrestrial age

Indexed keywords

CENOZOIC GLACIAL HISTORY; COSMOGENIC NUCLIDE; SURFACE EXPOSURE AGE; TERRESTRIAL AGE;

COSMIC RAYS; GEOCHEMISTRY; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; METEORITES; RADIOISOTOPES; ROCKS; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

GEOCHRONOLOGY;

CHONDRITE; COSMOGENIC RADIONUCLIDE; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GLACIAL EROSION; GLACIAL HISTORY; ICE SHEET; LEACHING; WEATHERING;

ANTARCTICA; EAST ANTARCTICA; FRONTIER MOUNTAIN;

EID: 46549083093     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2008.03.052     Document Type: Article

References (50)

1. 36Cl in stony-iron meteorites: cosmogenic elemental production rates, exposure ages, diffusion losses and thermal histories. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 40 (1976) 353-368
2. Benn D.I., and Evans D.J.A. Glaciers and Glaciation (1998), Arnold, London, U.K 734 pp.
3. Bennet M.R., and Glasser N.F. Glacial geology - Ice sheets and landforms (1996), John Wiley and Sons, Chichester, U.K 364 pp.
4. Buchwald V.F., and Clarke R.S. Corrosion of Fe-Ni alloys by Cl-containing akagenéite (β-FeOOH): the Antarctic meteorite case. Am. Mineral. 74 (1989) 656-667
5. Davis J.C., Proctor I.D., Southon J.R., Caffee M.W., Heikkinen D.W., Roberts M.L., Moore T.L., Turteltaub K.W., Nelson D.E., Loyd D.H., and Vogel J.S. LLNL/UC AMS facility and research program. Nucl. Instrum. Methods B52 (1990) 269-272
6. Delisle G., Schultz L., Spettel B., Weber H.W., Wlotzka F., Höfle H.C., Thierbach R., Vogt S., Herpers U., Bonani G., Suter M., and Wölfli W. Meteorite finds near the Frontier Mountain Range in North Victoria Land. Geol. Jahrb. E38 (1989) 483-513
7. 81Kr-Kr exposure ages. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 52 (1988) 1649-1662
8. Ferraris C., Folco L., Mellini M., and Zeoli A. Meteorites: 174 new finds from Frontier Mountain and other blue ice fields in the Rennick and David Glaciers regions (Antarctica, 2001-2002). Terra Antarctica Rep. 8 (2003) 185-192
9. Folco L., Capra A., Chiappini M., Frezzotti M., Mellini M., and Tabacco I.E. The Frontier Mountain meteorite trap (Antarctica). Meteorit. Planet. Sci. 37 (2002) 209-228
10. Folco L., Welten K.C., Jull A.J.T., Nishiizumi K., and Zeoli A. Meteorites constrain the age of Antarctic ice at the Frontier Mountain blue ice field (northern Victoria Land). Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 248 (2006) 209-216
11. Folco L., Rochette P., Perchiazzi N., D'Orazio M., Laurenzi M.A., and Tiepolo M. Microtektites from Victoria Land Transantarctic Mountains. Geology 36 (2008) 291-294
12. Grady M.M. Catalogue of meteorites. fifth ed. (2000), Cambridge University Press, UK 689 pp.
13. Graf Th., and Marti K. Collisional history of H chondrites. J. Geophys. Res. E100 (1995) 21,247-21,263
14. Gunn B.M., and Warren G. Geology of Victoria Land between the Mawson and Mulock Glaciers, Antarctica. Bull. N. Z. Geol. Surv. 71 (1962) 1-157
15. Halliday I., Blackwell A.T., and Griffin A.A. The flux of meteorites to Earth's surface. Meteorites 24 (1989) 173-178
16. Höfle H.C. The glacial history of the Outback Nunataks Area in western North Victoria Land. Geol. Jahrb. E38 (1989) 335-355
17. James L.A. Glacial erosion and geomorphology in the northwest Sierra Nevada, CA. Geomorphology 55 (2003) 283-303
18. Kober F., Ivy-Ochs S., Leya I., Baur H., Magna T., Wieler R., and Kubik P.W. In situ cosmogenic Be-10 and Ne-21 in sanidine and in situ cosmogenic He-3 in Fe-Ti-oxide minerals. Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 236 (2005) 404-418
19. Kohl C.P., and Nishiizumi K. Chemical isolation of quartz for measurement of in-situ-produced cosmogenic nuclides. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 56 (1992) 3583-3587
20. Lal D. Cosmic ray labeling of erosion surfaces: in situ nuclide production rates and erosion models. Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 104 (1991) 421-439
21. Masarik J., and Reedy R.C. Effects of bulk composition on nuclide production processes in meteorites. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 58 (1994) 5307-5317
22. Masarik J., and Reedy R.C. Terrestrial cosmogenic-nuclide production systematics calculated from numerical simulations. Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 136 (1995) 381-396
23. 10Be in stony meteorites: composition dependence. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 52 (1988) 499-504
24. 21Ne in terrestrial quartz: the neon inventory of Sierra Nevada quartz separates. Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 125 (1994) 341-355
25. 26Al AMS standards. Nucl. Instrum. Methods B223-224 (2004) 388-392
26. Nishiizumi K., Regnier S., and Marti K. Cosmic ray exposure ages of chondrites, pre-irradiation and constancy of cosmic ray flux in the past. Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 50 (1980) 156-170
27. Nishiizumi K., Klein J., Middleton R., and Arnold J.R. Long-lived cosmogenic nuclides in the Derrick Peak and Lazarev iron meteorites. Lunar Planet. Sci. Conf. XVIII (1987) 724-725
28. Nishiizumi K., Jull A.J.T., Bonani G., Suter M., Wölfli W., Elmore D., Kubik P.W., and Arnold J.R. Age of Allan Hills 82102, a meteorite found inside the ice. Nature 340 (1989) 550-552
29. Nishiizumi K., Elmore D., and Kubik P.W. Update on terrestrial ages of Antarctic meteorites. Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 93 (1989) 299-313
30. 26Al in Antarctic rocks: exposure and erosion history. Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 104 (1991) 440-454
31. 41Ca AMS standards. Nucl. Instrum. Methods B172 (2000) 399-403
32. 10Be AMS standards. Nucl. Instrum. Methods B258 (2007) 403-413
33. Rochette P., Gattacceca J., Folco L., and Perchiazzi N. A new micrometeorite collection and its preliminary characterization by magnetic methods (abstract). Meteorit. Planet. Sci. 39 (2004) A91
34. Scherer P., Schultz L., Neupert S., Knauer M., Neumann S., Leya I., Michel R., Mokos J., Lipschutz M.E., Metzler K., Suter M., and Kubik P.W. Allan Hills 88019: an Antarctic H-chondrite with a very long terrestrial age. Meteorit. Planet. Sci. 32 (1997) 769-773
35. Schmitz B., Tassinari M., and Peucker-Ehrenbrink B. A rain of ordinary chondritic meteorites in the early Ordovician. Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 194 (2001) 1-15
36. Schultz L., Weber H.W., and Begemann F. Noble gases in H-chondrites and potential differences between Antarctic and non-Antarctic meteorites. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 55 (1991) 59-66
37. 36Cl standards for AMS. Nucl. Instrum. Methods B52 (1990) 410-415
38. Sharma P., Bourgeous M., Elmore D., Granger D., Lipschutz M.E., Ma X., Miller T., Mueller K., Rickey F., Simms P., and Vogt S. PRIME lab AMS performance, upgrades and research applications. Nucl. Instrum. Methods B172 (2000) 112-123
39. Stone J.O. Air pressure and cosmogenic isotope production. J. Geophys. Res. 105 (2000) 23,753-23,759
40. Van der Wateren F.M., Verbers A.L.L.M., Luyendyk B.P., Smith C.H., Höfle H.C., Vermeulen F.J.M., De Wolf H., Herpers U., Klas W., Kubik P.W., Suter M., and Dittrich-Hannen B. Glaciation and deglaciation of the uplifted margins of the Cenozoic West Antarctic Rift system, Ross Sea, Antarctica. Geol. Jahrb. Reihe B89 (1996) 123-155
41. Van der Wateren F.M., Dunai T.J., Van Balen R.T., Klas W., Verbers A.L.L.M., Passchier S., and Herpers U. Contrasting Neogene denudation histories of different structural regions in the Transantarctic Mountains rift flank constrained by cosmogenic isotope measurements. Glob. Planet. Change 23 (1999) 145-172
42. Wasson J.T., and Kallemeyn G.W. Composition of chondrites. Philos. Trans. R. Soc. Lond. A325 (1988) 535-544
43. Welten K.C. Concentrations of siderophile elements in non-magnetic fractions of Antarctic H- and L-chondrites: a quantitative approach to weathering effects. Meteorit. Planet. Sci. 34 (1999) 259-270
44. Welten K.C., Alderliesten C., Van der Borg K., Lindner L., Loeken T., and Schultz L. Lewis Cliff 86360: an Antarctic L-chondrite with a terrestrial age of 2.35 Myr. Meteorit. Planet. Sci. 32 (1997) 775-780
45. Welten K.C., Nishiizumi K., Caffee M.W., Schäfer J., and Wieler R. Terrestrial ages and exposure ages of Antarctic H-chondrites from Frontier Mountain, North Victoria Land. Antarct. Meteor. Res. 12 (1999) 94-107
46. Welten K.C., Nishiizumi K., Masarik J., Caffee M.W., Jull A.J.T., Klandrud S.E., and Wieler R. Cosmic-ray exposure history of two Frontier Mountain H-chondrite showers from spallation and neutron-capture products. Meteorit. Planet. Sci. 36 (2001) 301-317
47. Welten K.C., Nishiizumi K., Finkel R.C., Hillegonds D.J., Jull A.J.T., Franke L., and Schultz L. Exposure history and terrestrial ages of ordinary chondrites from the Dar al Gani region, Libya. Meteorit. Planet. Sci. 39 (2004) 481-498
48. Welten K.C., Nishiizumi K., Caffee M.W., Hillegonds D.J., Johnson J.A., Jull A.J.T., Wieler R., and Folco L. Terrestrial age, pairing and concentration mechanism of Antarctic chondrites from Frontier Mountain, northern Victoria Land. Meteorit. Planet. Sci. 41 (2006) 1081-1094
49. Wieler R., Graf Th., Pedroni A., Signer P., Pellas P., Fieni C., Suter M., Vogt S., Clayton R.N., and Laul J.C. Exposure history of the regolithic chondrite Fayetteville: II. Solar-gas-free light inclusions. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 53 (1989) 1449-1459
50. Wlotzka F. A weathering scale for the ordinary chondrites. Meteoritics 28 (1993) 460