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New age constraints reveal moraine stabilization thousands of years after deposition during the last deglaciation of western New York, USA
Department of Geology, University at Buffalo, 126 Cooke Hall, Buffalo, NY 14260, USA
Jason P. Briner
Department of Geology, University at Buffalo, 126 Cooke Hall, Buffalo, NY 14260, USA
Caleb K. Walcott
Department of Geology, University at Buffalo, 126 Cooke Hall, Buffalo, NY 14260, USA
Brooke M. Chase
Department of Geology, University at Buffalo, 126 Cooke Hall, Buffalo, NY 14260, USA
Andrew L. Kozlowski
New York State Geological Survey, New York State Museum, 222 Madison Ave, Albany, NY 12230, USA
Tammy M. Rittenour
Department of Geoscience, Utah State University, 4505 Old Main Hill, Logan, UT 84322, USA
Erica P. Yang
Department of Geology, University at Buffalo, 126 Cooke Hall, Buffalo, NY 14260, USA
Oak Ridge Institute of Science and Education, 1299 Bethel Valley Road, Oak Ridge, TN 37830, USA
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Short summary
We fill a spatial data gap in the ice sheet retreat history of the Laurentide Ice Sheet after the Last Glacial Maximum and investigate a hypothesis that the ice sheet re-advanced into western New York, USA, at ~13 ka. With radiocarbon and optically stimulated luminescence (OSL) dating, we find that ice began retreating from its maximum extent after 20 ka, but glacial ice persisted in glacial landforms until ~15–14 ka when they finally stabilized. We find no evidence of a re-advance at ~13 ka.
We fill a spatial data gap in the ice sheet retreat history of the Laurentide Ice Sheet after...
