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We present here a comprehensive record of glaciation from a New Zealand valley glacier system covering the critical 15,000-y period from the local last glacial maximum (LGM) to near the end of the last ice age. This record from a key site in the midlatitude Southern Hemisphere shows that the largest glacial advance did not coincide with the coldest temperatures during this phase. We also show that the regional post-LGM ice retreat was very gradual, contrary to the rapid ice collapse widely inferred. This demonstrates that glacial records from New Zealand are neither synchronous with nor simply lag or lead Northern Hemisphere ice sheet records, which has important implications for the reconstruction of past interhemispheric climate linkages and mechanisms.
Single crystals of betaine phosphate, (CH3)3NCH2COO · H3PO4, are investigated by dielectric, optic, caloric, and X‐ray methods. Besides a structural phase transition at 365 K betaine phosphate shows a transition to an antiferroelectric phase below 86 K. The antiferroelectric state manifests itself by a double hysteresis loop with a small critical field (< 5 kV/cm) and a rectangular shape.
This paper presents results of the analysis of paired cosmogenic isotopes ( 10 Be and 26 Al) from eight quartz-rich samples collected from ice-moulded bedrock on the Aran ridge, the highest land in the British Isles south of Snowdon. On the Aran ridge, comprising the summits of Aran Fawddwy (905 m a.s.l.) and Aran Benllyn (885 m a.s.l.), 26 Al and 10 Be ages indicate complete ice coverage and glacial erosion at the global Last Glacial Maximum (LGM). Six samples from the summit ridge above 750-800 m a.s.l. yielded paired 10 Be and 26 Al ages ranging from 17.2 to 34.4 ka, respectively. Four of these samples are very close in age ( 10 Be ages of 17.5 AE 0.6, 17.5 AE 0.7, 19.7 AE 0.8 and 20.0 AE 0.7 ka) and are interpreted as representing the exposure age of the summit ridge. Two other summit samples are much older ( 10 Be ages of 27.5 AE 1.0 and 33.9 AE 1.2 ka) and these results may indicate nuclide inheritance. The 26 Al/ 10 Be ratios for all samples are indistinguishable within one-sigma uncertainty from the production rate ratio line, indicating that there is no evidence for a complex exposure history. These results indicate that the last Welsh Ice Cap was thick enough to completely cover the Aran ridge and achieve glacial erosion at the LGM. However, between c. 20 and 17 ka ridge summits were exposed as nunataks at a time when glacial erosion at lower elevations (below 750-800 m a.s.l.) was achieved by large outlet glaciers in the valleys surrounding the mountains.
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