Open AccessCosmogenic 10 Be ages on the Pomeranian Moraine, Poland
Author(s) -
RINTERKNECHT VINCENT R.,
MARKS LESZEK,
PIOTROWSKI JAN A.,
RAISBECK GRANT M.,
YIOU FRANÇOISE,
BROOK EDWARD J.,
CLARK PETER U.
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
boreas
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.95
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1502-3885
pISSN - 0300-9483
DOI - 10.1111/j.1502-3885.2005.tb01014.x
Subject(s) - moraine , geology , geochemistry , earth science , surface exposure dating , physical geography , geomorphology , glacier , geography
Rinterknecht, V. R., Marks, L., Piotrowski, J. A., Raisbeck, G. M., Yiou, F., Brook, E. J. & Clark, P. U. 2005 (May): Cosmogenic 10 Be ages on the Pomeranian Moraine, Poland. Boreas , Vol. 34, pp. 186–191. Oslo. ISSN 0300–9483. We measured the 10 Be concentrations in boulders collected from the Pomeranian Moraine in Poland, providing the first direct dating of the southern margin of the Scandinavian Ice Sheet (SIS) in the Polish Lowland. The mean age of 8 10 Be ages of the Pomeranian Moraine in northwestern Poland is 14.30.8 10 Be ka, while in northeastern Poland the mean age of 19 10 Be ages of the moraine is 15.00.5 10 Be ka. Given the excellent agreement between the two age groups, we calculate a mean age of 14.80.4 10 Be ka for final deposition of the Pomeranian Moraine of northern Poland. The age of the Pomeranian Moraine suggests that the southern margin of the SIS was near its maximum extent in Poland at a younger time than previously inferred, and that retreat from the moraine at 14.80.4 10 Be ka probably occurred in response to the onset of the Bølling interstade.