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Articles | Volume 8, issue 1
Articles | Volume 8, issue 1
https://doi.org/10.5194/gchron-8-119-2026
© Author(s) 2026. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
https://doi.org/10.5194/gchron-8-119-2026
© Author(s) 2026. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Articles | Volume 8, issue 1
Research article
 | 
03 Mar 2026
Research article |  | 03 Mar 2026

In situ cosmogenic 10Be and 26Al reveal the complex exposure and erosion history of the landscape once covered by the Quebec-Labrador Ice Dome

Peyton M. Cavnar, Paul R. Bierman, Jeremy D. Shakun, Lee B. Corbett, Danielle LeBlanc, Gillian L. Galford, Pierre-Olivier Couette, Jean-Francois Ghienne, Patrick Lajeunesse, Jérôme van der Woerd, and Marc Caffee

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https://doi.org/10.5194/gchron-8-119-2026-supplement

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Measuring in situ Cosmogenic Beryllium-10 and Aluminum-26 in Deglacial Sediment Reveals Limited Erosion Under the Quebec-Labrador Ice Dome, Canada, 2022 - 2024 Peyton Cavnar et al. https://doi.org/10.18739/A2X34MT66

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To investigate the Laurentide Ice Sheet’s erosivity before and during the Last Glacial Maximum, we sampled sand deposited by ice in eastern Canada before final deglaciation. We also sampled modern river sand. The 26Al and 10Be measured in glacial deposited sediments suggests that ice remained during some Pleistocene warm periods and was an inefficient eroder. Similar concentrations of 26Al and 10Be in modern sand suggests that most modern river sediment is sourced from glacial deposits. 
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