Chronology for Fluctuations in Late Pleistocene Sierra Nevada Glaciers and Lakes | Zendy

Fred M. Phillips | Zendy; Marek Zreda | Zendy; Larry Benson | Zendy; Mitchell A. Plummer | Zendy; David Elmore | Zendy; Pankaj Sharma | Zendy

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Chronology for Fluctuations in Late Pleistocene Sierra Nevada Glaciers and Lakes

Author(s) -

Fred M. Phillips,

Marek Zreda,

Larry Benson,

Mitchell A. Plummer,

David Elmore,

Pankaj Sharma

Publication year - 1996

Publication title -

science

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 12.556

H-Index - 1186

eISSN - 1095-9203

pISSN - 0036-8075

DOI - 10.1126/science.274.5288.749

Subject(s) - moraine , glacier , chronology , radiocarbon dating , glacial period , geology , pleistocene , physical geography , quaternary , surface exposure dating , period (music) , oceanography , climatology , geomorphology , paleontology , geography , physics , acoustics

Mountain glaciers, because of their small size, are usually close to equilibrium with the local climate and thus should provide a test of whether temperature oscillations in Greenland late in the last glacial period are part of global-scale climate variability or are restricted to the North Atlantic region. Correlation of cosmogenic chlorine-36 dates on Sierra Nevada moraines with a continuous radiocarbon-dated sediment record from nearby Owens Lake shows that Sierra Nevada glacial advances were associated with Heinrich events 5, 3, 2, and 1.

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