Russian Pekulney Mountains and Tanyurer River

FIELD EVIDENCE FOR MAXIMUM ICE ADVANCE PRIOR TO LATE STAGE 5 IN WESTERN BERINGIA


Table 1. Chlorine-36 cosmogenic age estimates interpreted by CHLOE and RICH
CHLOE RICH
Erosion Rate 5mm/ka 3mm/ka Estimate Snow 0mm/ka 5mm/ka 3mm/ka Estimate 0mm/ka
Sample Number
95S15 11.3 11.3 11.3 10.7 11.3 9.1 8.6 8.5 8.5
95S16 31.3 30.7 30.5 28.5 30.5 24.9 22.6 22.8 22.6
95S18 21.8 21.6 21.4 20.3 21.4 16.6 16.6 16.4 16.2
95CD1 41.5 55.3 37.6 34.5 37.6 28.6 25.6 24.5 24.4
95T28 63.6 62.9 68.8 65.7 70.7 59 54.3 54.3 54.5
95T29 70.4 63.7 58.1 53.2 57.9 50.5 43 39.7 39.6
95T33 91.7 81.8 77.2 70.2 77.3 89.4 61 55.7 55.3
95T34 139.8 112 98.2 89.2 98.1 118.7 78.2 68.9 68.3
95T36 45.3 47.7 52.4 49.9 66.3 59.9 59 61.1 66.7
95T41 46.3 46 47.5 44.9 49.8 50.2 43.5 41.9 41.3

Different ages are shown for erosion rates of 5, 3,0 and a best estimate based on field notes and other published values for arctic areas. Values used in text are taken from the CHLOE "Estimate" column.


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