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Chronology of advance and recession dynamics of the southern Green Bay Lobe of the Laurentide Ice Sheet, south-central Wisconsin, USA

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 March 2020

Eric C. Carson Open the ORCID record for Eric C. Carson [Opens in a new window] ,
John W. Attig ,
J. Elmo Rawling III ,
Paul R. Hanson  and
Stefanie E. Dodge
Eric C. Carson*
Affiliation:
Wisconsin Geological and Natural History Survey, University of Wisconsin–Madison, Madison, Wisconsin53705, USA
John W. Attig
Affiliation:
Wisconsin Geological and Natural History Survey, University of Wisconsin–Madison, Madison, Wisconsin53705, USA
J. Elmo Rawling III
Affiliation:
Wisconsin Geological and Natural History Survey, University of Wisconsin–Madison, Madison, Wisconsin53705, USA
Paul R. Hanson
Affiliation:
Conservation and Survey Division, School of Natural Resources, University of Nebraska–Lincoln, Lincoln, NE68583, USA
Stefanie E. Dodge
Affiliation:
Wisconsin Geological and Natural History Survey, University of Wisconsin–Madison, Madison, Wisconsin53705, USA
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*Corresponding author e-mail address: eric.carson@wisc.edu (E.C. Carson).
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Abstract

We used a combination of accelerator mass spectrometry (AMS) radiocarbon dating, optically stimulated luminescence (OSL) age estimates, and stratigraphic data from cores collected along the southern margin of the Green Bay Lobe (GBL) of the Laurentide Ice Sheet to provide new information on the timing and dynamics of the end of advance of the GBL and the dynamics of the ice sheet while very near its maximum position. Coring at multiple sites along the margin of the GBL indicate that ice had reached a stable position near its maximum extent by 24.7 ka; that ice advanced several kilometers to the Marine Isotope Stage 2 maximum position sometime shortly after 21.2 ka; and that ice remained at or beyond that position through the time interval represented by an OSL age estimate of 19.2 ± 3.2 ka. The timeline developed from these chronological data is internally consistent with, and further refines, AMS radiocarbon ages and OSL age estimates previously published for the southern margin of the GBL. It also provides new chronological control on the expansion of the GBL from its late Marine Isotope Stage (MIS) 3 extent to its MIS 2 maximum.

Keywords

Green Bay LobeLaurentide Ice SheetchronologyMIS 2Devils Lake
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Research Article
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Quaternary Research , Volume 95 , May 2020 , pp. 142 - 153
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Copyright © University of Washington. Published by Cambridge University Press, 2020

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