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Seasonal and water-depth variations in sediment luminescence and in sedimentation from sediment trap samples at Gerlache Strait, Antarctic Peninsula

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 October 2009

Glenn W. Berger ,
Sara Ante  and
Eugene W. Domack
Glenn W. Berger*
Affiliation:
Desert Research Institute, 2215 Raggio Parkway, Reno, NV 89512, USA
Sara Ante
Affiliation:
Desert Research Institute, 2215 Raggio Parkway, Reno, NV 89512, USA
Eugene W. Domack
Affiliation:
Department of Geosciences, Hamilton College, 198 College Hill Road, Clinton, NY 13323, USA
*
glenn.berger@dri.edu
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Abstract

Sediment trap arrays were deployed in Brialmont Cove and Andvord Bay, eastern Gerlache Strait, from December 2001–March 2003. The recovered sediments (representing instantaneous deposition from the viewpoint of luminescence dating) encompass all the annual and local glaciomarine depositional processes. Magnetic susceptibility profiles were used to infer seasonality in the trap cores, and thus to select subsamples for luminescence measurements. Multi-aliquot infrared stimulated luminescence (IRSL) apparent ages were used to assess the effectiveness of ‘clock zeroing’ (by daylight) of light sensitive luminescence within fine silt polymineral samples from each trap depth. IRSL apparent ages for 24 samples indicate that the largest age-depth differences occur with the autumn season samples at both trap sites, suggesting a previously unrecognized and regional (within the Gerlache Strait) change in depositional controls in the autumn compared to other seasons. The apparent ages also indicate some differences between the fjords, and a more complex oceanographic regime at Andvord Bay than at Brialmont Cove. Dry-mass sediment fluxes varied from 0.4 to 0.7 g cm-2 yr-1, with the largest flux at Brialmont Cove (∼0.7 g cm-2 yr-1) occurring in the bottom trap, whereas at Andvord Bay, the largest flux (∼0.6 g cm-2 yr-1) occurred in the middle trap (∼45 m above seafloor).

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Antarcticadatingdepositionglaciomarine
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Earth Sciences
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Antarctic Science , Volume 21 , Issue 5 , October 2009 , pp. 483 - 499
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Copyright © Antarctic Science Ltd 2009

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