Late Pleistocene dune construction in the Central Sand Plain of Wisconsin, USA

Rawling, J. Elmo; Hanson, Paul R.; Young, Aaron R.; Attig, John W.

doi:10.1016/j.geomorph.2008.01.017

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“…The northwesterly and westerly directions confirm previous interpretations that the anticyclonic circulation must have been limited in its effects after the late part of the Bølling-Allerød event and during the Younger Dryas event (Arbogast et al, 2015;Kilibarda and Blockland, 2011). This was also the interpretation of Rawling et al (2008) for the inland dunes that formed in the Central Sand Plain of Wisconsin as no evidence was found there for easterly winds even though some of these dunes were older than the Bølling-Allerød. Arbogast et al (2015) proposed that there must have been a very steep energy gradient to the winds because easterly wind directions were apparently occurring less than this study (n=6) southwestern Lower Michigan Kilibarda & Blockland (2011, n=4) northwestern Indiana Rawling et al (2008, n=24) central Wisconsin Arbogast et al (2015, n=10) central Lower Michigan Campbell et al (2011, n=10 Figure 11.…”

Section: Paleowinds In the Western Great Lakes Regionsupporting

confidence: 87%

“…10 and 11). These studies and our new data provide a total of 57 OSL age analyses whose mean is centered on the Pleistocene-Holocene transition (Rawling et al, 2008;Campbell et al, 2011;Kilibarda and Blockland, 2011;Arbogast et al, 2015). We assumed (as the original authors did) that all of our probability density distributions represented single events, except for the ages of Campbell et al (2011), which both the authors and we assume record at least two dune-forming events.…”

Section: Source Of Inland Dune Sandmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…We assumed (as the original authors did) that all of our probability density distributions represented single events, except for the ages of Campbell et al (2011), which both the authors and we assume record at least two dune-forming events. Rawling et al (2008) provided 24 OSL ages for eolian dune activity in the Central Sand Plain of Wisconsin, which formed after Glacial Lake Wisconsin drained at~15,000 cal yr BP. These OSL ages range from 19.3 ± 1.7 to 5.8 ± 0.4 ka.…”

Section: Source Of Inland Dune Sandmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…(7) Dunes and elongated ice-walled lake plains used by Allred et al (2014) to reconstruct paleowind directions at~17,000 cal yr BP. (8) Central Sand Plain of Wisconsin (Rawling et al, 2008). (9) Early Holocene dunes in Upper Michigan (Loope et al, 2010).…”

Section: Source Of Inland Dune Sandmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…A growing number of studies hypothesize causal links between coastal dune activity and lake level changes (e.g., Arbogast and Loope, 1999;Loope and Arbogast, 2000;Arbogast et al, 2002aArbogast et al, , 2010Hansen et al, 2003Hansen et al, , 2006Hansen et al, , 2010Blumer et al, 2012). Newly constructed inland dune chronologies have been recently utilized to infer eolian activity during the PleistoceneHolocene transition and early Holocene (Arbogast et al, 2002b(Arbogast et al, , 2015Rawling et al, 2008;Loope et al, 2010;Miao et al, 2010;Campbell et al, 2011;Kilibarda and Blockland, 2011;Loope et al, 2012). Coastal spits and dunes have also been employed to reconstruct paleowind patterns associated with a hypothesized anticyclone, which may have persisted over a retreating Laurentide Ice Sheet (Krist and Schaetzl, 2001;Kilibarda and Blockland, 2011;Vader et al, 2012).…”

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Inland dunes on the abandoned bed of Glacial Lake Chicago indicate eolian activity during the Pleistocene-Holocene transition, southwestern Michigan, USA

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Inland dune fields have recently emerged as a source of data for reconstructing paleoenvironments and climate in the western Great Lakes region of North America during the Pleistocene-Holocene transition. We employ optically stimulated luminescence (OSL) methods, radiocarbon ages, soils, and landform relationships to determine the age of inland dunes in Ottawa County, Michigan. These dunes rest on the abandoned bed of Glacial Lake Chicago, which is thought to have been exposed after~13.6 ka. OSL analyses from two inland dunes yield ages ranging from 13.3 ± 1.1 to 11.6 ± 0.9 ka (uncertainty = 2 σ). Fine sand in the parabolic dunes suggests deflation of exposed glaciolacustrine nearshore sand by northwesterly and westerly winds. These new data add to a growing number of studies that demonstrate widespread eolian activity in the western Great Lakes region during the Pleistocene-Holocene transition. OSL ages from dune fields in the western Great Lakes indicate peak eolian activity and dune stabilization occurred during or following the Younger Dryas and Preboreal events. Northwesterly and westerly winds suggest the limited effect of hypothesized easterly anticyclonic winds during the Pleistocene-Holocene transition. Rapidly changing climate and newly deglaciated surfaces provided an ideal environment for dune formation.

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Section: Source Of Inland Dune Sandmentioning

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Section: Source Of Inland Dune Sandmentioning

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Morphology and stratigraphy of aeolian sand stringers in southeast Minnesota and western Wisconsin, USA

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Sand stringers are subtle, aeolian landforms that reach hundreds to thousands of metres in length and lack a slipface. While hundreds of sand stringers exist beyond the Last Glacial Maximum margin in the Upper Midwest, USA, little is known about the timing and nature of their formation. This research characterizes the morphology and stratigraphy and provides geochronological data from two sand stringers in the upper Mississippi River basin in Minnesota and Wisconsin.The sand stringers investigated have similar west-northwest to east-southeast orientations and are located $100 km from each other on uplands west and east of the Mississippi River valley. The sand stringer in Goodhue County, Minnesota (GC site) is $870 m long and 50-80 m wide. To the east, the sand stringer in Eau Claire County, Wisconsin (ECC site) is $925 m long and 30-50 m wide. The main body of the GC sand stringer is characterized by an $80-270 cm-thick silt-rich surface unit overlying a sandy unit that is underlain by a dark brown paleosol, while the main body of the ECC sand stringer is sandier/coarser, stratified, and overlies outwash. 14 C ages, interpreted as minima, at GC indicate formation began prior to 25-20 cal yr BP, while OSL and 14 C ages indicate ECC formed $11.25-8.9 ka. We interpret the main body of GC as equivalent to Peoria Loess, with minor inputs of reworked outwash. We interpret ECC as composed of reworked outwash and local bedrockderived sands. Pedogenesis at GC and ECC indicates stabilization with possible minor modification of near-surface sediments through the Holocene. Differences in stratigraphy and chronology between the two sites highlight the complexity of aeolian systems in the Upper Midwest, interpreted as indicative of the variety of sediment sources contributing to landform development via aeolian processes due to spatial and temporal variability in deglaciation and permafrost melting.

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Parabolic dune distribution, morphology and activity during the last 20 000 years: A global overview

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Parabolic dunes form and migrate in almost every climate and geographic zones of the world, ranging from the tropical coastlines to the arid continental deserts. Despite their extensive distribution and their importance within the aeolian sediment landscape, the understanding of their morphological development, activity and link with climates remains somewhat limited to local or regional scales. A good understanding of the present climate conditions under which parabolic dunes are formed and/or reactivated would be significantly helpful to constrain past climate models. Similarly, an improved knowledge of parabolic dunes behaviour during past climatic episodes would provide some valuable long‐term data to better predict their future activity. This review first aims at providing a non‐exhaustive global database on parabolic dune morphology and the present wind regimes with which they are associated. To do so, the morphology of 750 dunes distributed worldwide was first analysed using a high‐resolution global digital elevation model, suggesting an intrinsic relationship between the different measured morphoparameters. The analysis of the associated local wind regimes shows that parabolic dunes develop under strong unidirectional winds, which are more conspicuous in coastal than continental environments. Dunes of different ages are globally aligned with present prevailing winds, which suggests a prevalent control of long‐term global atmospheric circulation on dune orientations. Finally, this study explores the link between parabolic dune activity and climates over the past 20 000 years by reviewing ages from the literature and combining them with the ones compiled in the INQUA Dunes Atlas Chronologic Database. Overall, it appears that changes towards drier conditions have triggered dunes migration during both warm and cold periods of the Last Glacial Maximum, Holocene Climate Optimum, Roman Climate Optimum, Medieval Climate Optimum and Little Ice Age. The present day aeolian activity is predominantly linked with deteriorating environmental conditions caused by human disturbances.

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Late Pleistocene dune construction in the Central Sand Plain of Wisconsin, USA

Cited by 43 publications

References 30 publications

Inland dunes on the abandoned bed of Glacial Lake Chicago indicate eolian activity during the Pleistocene-Holocene transition, southwestern Michigan, USA

Inland dunes on the abandoned bed of Glacial Lake Chicago indicate eolian activity during the Pleistocene-Holocene transition, southwestern Michigan, USA

Morphology and stratigraphy of aeolian sand stringers in southeast Minnesota and western Wisconsin, USA

Parabolic dune distribution, morphology and activity during the last 20 000 years: A global overview

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