Dr Helen Mackay helen.mackay@durham.ac.uk
Assistant Professor
A mid to late Holocene cryptotephra framework from eastern North America
Mackay, Helen; Hughes, Paul D.M.; Jensen, Britta J.L.; Langdon, Pete G.; Pyne-O'Donnell, Sean D.F.; Plunkett, Gill; Froese, Duane G.; Coulter, Sarah; Gardner, James E.
Authors
Paul D.M. Hughes
Britta J.L. Jensen
Pete G. Langdon
Sean D.F. Pyne-O'Donnell
Gill Plunkett
Duane G. Froese
Sarah Coulter
James E. Gardner
Abstract
Holocene cryptotephras of Alaskan and Pacific Northwestern origin have recently been detected ca. 7000 km away on the east coast of North America. This study extends the emerging North American tephrochronological framework by geochemically characterising seventeen cryptotephra layers from four newly explored peatlands. All detected tephras were deposited during the late Holocene, with no horizons present in the peat between ca. 3000–5000 years ago. The prevalence of the Alaskan White River Ash eastern lobe (AD 847 ± 1) is confirmed across the eastern seaboard from Newfoundland to Maine and a regional depositional pattern from Mount St Helens Set W (AD 1479–1482) is presented. The first occurrences of four additional cryptotephras in eastern North America are described, three of which may originate from source regions in Mexico, Kamchatka (Russia) and Hokkaido (Japan). The possibility of such tephras reaching eastern North America presents the opportunity to link palaeo-archives from the tropics and eastern Asia with those from the western Atlantic seaboard, aiding inter-regional comparisons of proxy-climatic records.
Citation
Mackay, H., Hughes, P. D., Jensen, B. J., Langdon, P. G., Pyne-O'Donnell, S. D., Plunkett, G., …Gardner, J. E. (2016). A mid to late Holocene cryptotephra framework from eastern North America. Quaternary Science Reviews, 132, 101-113. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2015.11.011
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Acceptance Date | Nov 14, 2015 |
Online Publication Date | Dec 10, 2015 |
Publication Date | Jan 15, 2016 |
Deposit Date | Oct 29, 2020 |
Journal | Quaternary Science Reviews |
Print ISSN | 0277-3791 |
Publisher | Elsevier |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 132 |
Pages | 101-113 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2015.11.011 |
Public URL | https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1258685 |
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