VOLUME OF SEDIMENT IN DEPOSITED IN GLACIAL LAKE ......SEISMIC REFLECTION PROFILE . Dutch Island...
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VOLUME OF SEDIMENT IN DEPOSITED IN GLACIAL LAKE NARRAGANSETT DURING
LATE WISCONSINAN DEGLACIATION: IMPLICATIONS ON SEDIMENT SOURCE?
Bryan A. Oakley1 and Jon C. Boothroyd2,3
1. Department of Environmental Earth Science, Eastern Connecticut State University,
Willimantic, CT, USA
2. State Geologist, Rhode Island Geological Survey
3. Research Professor Emeritus, Department of Geosciences, College of the Environment and Life Sciences, Univ. of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI, USA
Northeast meeting of the Geological Society of America March 23rd, 2015 – Talk S2-6
Bretton Woods, New Hampshire
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OUTLINE 1. Determine sediment volume for Glacial
Lake Narragansett
2. Where did all of that sediment come from anyways?
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Oakley and Boothroyd, 2013
Glacial Lake Narragansett
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Ice thickness - m
Isostatic depression - m
Distance north of terminal margin - km
Ice sheet profiles and resultant isostatic
depression
Oakley and Boothroyd, QR, 2012
Ice thickness < 350 mm
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Delta
Lakefloor
Oakley and Boothroyd; in prep
Stratified Deposits:
Glacial Lake Narragansett
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DETERMINING SEDIMENT VOLUME
1. Measure thickness of stratified deposits below present-day Narragansett Bay using seismic reflection profiles
2. Calculate thickness of stratified deposits graded to Glacial Lake Narragansett using published borehole records and mapped extents
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SEISMIC REFLECTION PROFILES
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SEISMIC REFLECTION PROFILE Dutch Island Delta
Oakley, 2012
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INTERPOLATED THICKNESS OF
STRATIFIED DEPOSITS (Lakefloor, Deltas, Lacustrine Fans)
Previous Slide
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STRATIFIED DEPOSIT
THICKNESS Individual Well Log
Delta Extent from: Boothroyd and
McCandless, 2002
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VOLUME OF SEDIMENT DEPOSITED: GLACIAL LAKE NARRAGANSETT
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VOLUME OF SEDIMENT DEPOSITED: GLACIAL LAKE NARRAGANSETT
Total Volume = ~9 x 109 m3
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VOLUME OF SEDIMENT DEPOSITED: GLACIAL LAKE NARRAGANSETT
Total Volume = ~10 x 109 m3
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CONCLUSION I • Glacial Lakefloor deposits below
Narragansett Bay > 4 x 109 m3
• The volume of stratified deposits (deltas) around GLN > 5 x 109 m3
• Total volume > ~10 x 109 m3
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Glacial Lake Narragansett Min age: 19,500 yBP
Max age: >20,400 yBP
Oakley and Boothroyd, 2013 J. of Paleolimnology
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Possible Sources of Sediment • IF all older deposits removed during advance
(transported to shelf?), ALL sediment deposited must either be:
- Erosion of bedrock - Mobilized subglacial till - Transported from ‘up ice’
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Equivalent excavation of >3 m . m-2 of
sediment/bedrock erosion
(Assuming it ALL went to GL Narragansett)
Narragansett Bay Watershed ~3,000 km2
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1,200 km2
Equivalent excavation of >7.5 m . m-2 of
sediment/bedrock erosion
Bedrock erosion near LIS margin ~ 0.4 – 0.9 m (Colgan et al. 2002) Bedrock ages in NJ ‘about right’ (Biermen et al., 1998) Variable; erosion in valleys, less on uplands (Briner et al., 2006)
Delta
Lakefloor
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Assume: Erosion concentrated in valleys with minimal erosion on uplands
Area = 500 km2 for valleys requires incision of ~20 m
Closed depressions
> 50 m VERY localized
Bedrock Valleys Upson and Spencer, 1964)
1 km buffer
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Google Earth
Run out and get new ages? Outcrops of Rhode Island Formation (Quartzite (conglomerate))
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http://www.panoramio.com/photo/41494198
Outcrops of Rhode Island Formation (Quartzite (conglomerate))
~10 m
Would a deglacial age represent bedrock erosion or just L. Wisconsinan
uncovering?
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CONCLUSIONS II • Bedrock erosion probably doesn’t account
for all of the sediment deposited in GLN • How much? • < 25%?
• Some older (Illinoian and/or L. Wisconsinan advance deposits probably survived the advance of the LIS and were mobilized during retreat
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Older Stratified Deposits: “Lower Drift” Illinoian/Early Wisconsinan
Block Island, RI
(For more on Block Island, see S2: Posters – booth 36 and 37 Monday 1:30-5:30p)
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CONCLUSIONS II • This implies, at least near the terminal
margin in S. New England, removal of older deposits and erosion down to bedrock during advance of the Laurentide Ice Sheet was likely not as complete as often portrayed.
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QUESTIONS?