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 |
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RICH |
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| 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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