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A latest Pleistocene and Holocene glacial history and paleoclimate reconstruction at Three Sisters and Broken Top Volcanoes, Oregon, U.S.A.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

Shaun A. Marcott ,
Andrew G. Fountain ,
Jim E. O'Connor ,
Peter J. Sniffen  and
David P. Dethier
Shaun A. Marcott
Affiliation:
Department of Geosciences: Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, 97331, USA
Andrew G. Fountain
Affiliation:
Department of Geology: Portland State University, Portland, OR, 97201, USA
Jim E. O'Connor
Affiliation:
U.S.G.S. Oregon Water Science Center, Portland, OR, 97201, USA
Peter J. Sniffen
Affiliation:
Department of Geology: Portland State University, Portland, OR, 97201, USA
David P. Dethier
Affiliation:
Department of Geosciences: Williams College, Williamstown, MA, 01267, USA
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Abstract

At least three sets of moraines mark distinct glacial stands since the last glacial maximum (LGM) in the Three Sisters region of the Oregon Cascade Range. The oldest stand predates 8.1 ka (defined here as post-LGM), followed by a second between ∼ 2 and 8 ka (Neoglacial) and a third from the Little Ice Age (LIA) advance of the last 300 years. The post-LGM equilibrium line altitudes were 260 ± 100 m lower than that of modern glaciers, requiring 23 ± 9% increased winter snowfall and 1.4 ± 0.5°C cooler summer temperatures than at present. The LIA advance had equilibrium line altitudes 110 ± 40 m lower than at present, implying 10 ± 4% greater winter snowfall and 0.6 ± 0.2°C cooler summer temperatures.

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Three Sisters Broken Top Oregon Cascade Range Holocene Neoglacial Little Ice Age Glacial geology Paleoclimate
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Quaternary Research , Volume 71 , Issue 2 , March 2009 , pp. 181 - 189
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