Elucidating paleo dune activity and timing from wetlands in the lee of coastal sand dunes, Grand Mere Lakes, Michigan, USA

Hanes, Barbara E.; Fisher, Timothy G.; Becker, R. H.; Martin-Hayden, James M.

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“…This process has also been recorded elsewhere in high altitude and latitude climates where sand is susceptible for reworking; transporting coarse grained sediments across large distances over solid (frozen) and smooth surfaces (e.g. DeVries-Zimmerman et al, 2014; Fisher et al, 2012; Fisher and Loope, 2005; Hanes et al, 2014; Koster, 1988; Lamoureux and Gilbert, 2004). By comparing lacustrine sediment records and dune stratigraphy in the Lake Michigan coastal zone, Timmons et al (2007) found that lacustrine sediments provide a more varied record of aeolian activity compared with the OSL- and 14 C-dated dunes.…”

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“…This possible relationship is, however, not fully understood, and further work needs to be conducted (e.g. Burningham and French, 2013; Clarke and Rendell, 2006; Dawson et al, 2002; Hanes et al, 2014; Hurrell, 1995; Pinto et al, 2009; Trouet et al, 2012; Wang et al, 2009). A recent study on subarctic sand dunes in Finnish Lapland found that the occurrence of forest fires plays a key role in triggering episodes of aeolian erosion (Matthews and Seppälä, 2014).…”

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“…The reconstruction of a continuous record based on dune stratigraphy is limited by several factors such as sub-aerial erosion and lack of datable material. Because of this, other studies have investigated continuous sediment records from bogs and lakes adjacent to coastal dune systems (Björck and Clemmensen, 2004; De Jong et al, 2006, 2007; DeVries-Zimmerman et al, 2014; Fisher et al, 2012; Fisher and Loope, 2005; Hanes et al, 2014; Timmons et al, 2007). However, bogs and lakes also produce sediments in addition to recording other processes occurring within their catchments (e.g.…”

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Mid- to late Holocene aeolian activity recorded in a coastal dunefield and lacustrine sediments on Andøya, northern Norway

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In an effort to reconstruct past aeolian activity, a foredune stratigraphy and a continuous lake sediment record from the largest dunefield on Andøya, northern Norway, have been investigated. The dunefield extends landwards in a north-eastward direction and consists of several parabolic dunes, foredunes and blowouts. The sediment record (169 cm) from the nearby lake Latjønna and the foredune stratigraphy (10 m) covers the last 6200 and 3700 cal. yr BP, respectively. Both sites possess sediments deposited after the Tapes transgression maximum (~6800 cal. yr BP), which reached a level of ~7–8 m a.s.l. at the study site. The lake sediment record consists of several units dominated by sand grains interspersed by more organic-rich beds. The core has been examined by x-ray fluorescence (XRF), magnetic susceptibility (MS) and loss-on-ignition (LOI). Mineral grains were detected by wet sieving of the ignition residue (IR), and the influx of sand grains to Latjønna was calculated based on the weight of sand grains >250 µm/cm divided by the accumulation rate determined from a radiocarbon (14C)-based age–depth model. Phases with high influx of sand to Latjønna are recorded around 4800, 4250, 3000–2000, 1850–1750, 1600–600, 450, 300 and 150 cal. yr BP, which coincides with periods of increased storminess recorded in other studies around the North-Eastern Atlantic region. The two study sites show, however, quite contrasting results; high sedimentation rates in the lake record associated with greater aeolian influx correspond to stability in the foredune stratigraphy reflected by the presence of several palaeosols. Because of this out-of-phase behaviour, it is suggested that the foredune is mainly influenced by summer climate and relative sea level (RSL) change, whereas the lake record is more influenced by niveo-aeolian processes transporting sand grains farther inland during winter.

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Mid- to late Holocene aeolian activity recorded in a coastal dunefield and lacustrine sediments on Andøya, northern Norway

2016

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“…Modern examples or proxies of the effects of rising water levels may be seen, for example, in the Canadian Great Lakes which fluctuate considerably over time. Rising, and high‐water levels commonly result in shoreline erosion, dune destabilization and reactivation, and the initiation of a new dunefield phase (Arbogast et al, 2002; Hanes et al, 2014; Hansen et al, 2020; Loope & Arbogast, 2000; Loope et al, 2004).…”

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Review and direct evidence of transgressive aeolian sand sheet and dunefield initiation

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The multiple hypotheses which exist to explain the initiation of transgressive aeolian sand sheets and dunefields, are reviewed and discussed. Direct evidence supporting many of these hypotheses is largely lacking. In South Australia, the Younghusband Peninsula coastal barrier extends ~180 km and predominantly comprises transgressive and parabolic dunefields. The 42 Mile Crossing area on the barrier is undergoing significant erosion at variable rates of 0.5 to 5.0 m/yr, and a new transgressive aeolian sand sheet has rapidly developed in ~1 year and is extending landwards at an average rate of 13 m/yr. This research provides unequivocal evidence that large‐scale shoreline and dunefield erosion does lead to the development of a new transgressive aeolian sand sheet (and eventual dunefield) phase thereby demonstrating an initiation mechanism that is likely linked to future sea level rise and climate change. We also show that the initiation process, and, in particular, the subsequent rate of sand sheet transgression occurs at an incredibly rapid rate (+100 m in 8 years). Plain Language Summary Coastal sand dunes border many of the world's coastlines and are highly adapted to local climate and conditions. How coastal dunes transition from predominantly vegetated and stable systems to wind‐blown sand sheets and dunefields transgressing prior terrain is a research area of pressing relevance due to forecasts of sea level rise and climate change. The factors or triggers that are considered to initiate transgressive aeolian sand sheets and dunefields are reviewed. The formation and evolution of a new transgressive aeolian sand sheet phase triggered by large‐scale shoreline erosion in South Australia is presented. According to the results from historical and satellite images, local shoreline erosion began in the late 1970s and has continued at highly variable rates. We show that once the foredune was removed, the high scarp created by wave erosion of the relict, vegetated transgressive dunefield destabilized and was then eroded by wind processes leading to the rapid development of a transgressive aeolian sand sheet. The initiation and evolution of the sand sheet provides an excellent example of how dunefields might respond to future sea level rise and climate change.

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“…D r a f t Beyond developing dune chronologies, knowing the environmental conditions that led to dune initiation or reactivation continues to be an important challenge for understanding sand dune history in the SGLR. Dune work along Great Lake coastlines has suggested a relationship between lake level (usually rising) and renewed coastal dune activity covering the past ~5000 years (e.g., Loope and Arbogast 2000;Arbogast et al 2002;Loope et al 2004;Hansen et al 2010;Fisher et al 2012;Baca et al 2014;Hanes et al 2014). The only late glacial age SGLR dune study site along the coast with source sand controlled directly by water level changes is on the glaciolacustrine plain of glacial Lake Chicago in Ottawa County, Michigan (Colgan et al 2017).…”

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Aeolian activity during Late Glacial time, with an example from Mongo, Indiana, USA

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The last aeolian activity of a significant number of inland sand dunes in the southern Great Lakes region (SGLR) was several thousands of years after deglaciation. At Mongo, Indiana, a field of parabolic sand dunes with a variety of morphologies are within the channel bottom of the Pigeon River meltwater channel, with some dunes having climbed up the channel wall onto the adjacent upland surface. The optically stimulated luminescence (OSL) samples from the channel-bottom dunes have a mean age of 14.2 ± 1.6 ka (n = 2) and the OSL samples from upland dunes have a mean age of 12.3 ± 1.6 ka (n = 4). Dunes and outwash ages and geomorphic setting constrain both the position of the Huron-Erie and Saginaw lobes. The oldest dune age is also a minimum age for cessation of local meltwater flow from the Huron-Erie Lobe of the Laurentide Ice Sheet and formation of the adjacent Sturgis Moraine of the Saginaw Lobe. The final activity of the dunes is coincident with late glacial stadial and interstadial events as recorded in the Greenland ice core records, a similar finding to all other studies of dunes in the SGLR. It is now well recognized that many dunes were last active before, during, and after the Younger Dryas stadial, presumably in response to a climate that was windier and less favorable for vegetation.

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Elucidating paleo dune activity and timing from wetlands in the lee of coastal sand dunes, Grand Mere Lakes, Michigan, USA

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Mid- to late Holocene aeolian activity recorded in a coastal dunefield and lacustrine sediments on Andøya, northern Norway

Mid- to late Holocene aeolian activity recorded in a coastal dunefield and lacustrine sediments on Andøya, northern Norway

Review and direct evidence of transgressive aeolian sand sheet and dunefield initiation

Aeolian activity during Late Glacial time, with an example from Mongo, Indiana, USA

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