Sedimentation during MIS 3 at the eastern margins of the Glacial Lake Humber basin, England

Evans, David J.A.; Roberts, David H.; Bateman, Mark D.; Medialdea, Alicia; Ely, Jeremy; Moreton, Steven G.; Clark, Chris D.; Fabel, Derek

Abstract

The stratigraphic sequence at North Cave, on the eastern margins of the Lake Humber basin, records the deposition of a fluvioperiglacial fan (LFs 1–4), with early sedimentation (LF1) dating to Marine Isotope Stage (MIS) 3 (optically stimulated luminescence date range 41.8–38.6 ka and 14C dates 41.6–49 ka BP). Three phases of permafrost and ice wedge development during MIS 3 are evident and indicate possible fan abandonment and hence periods of reduced nival runoff. Involution structures dated to 11.1 ka with large boulders and fine‐grained sorted circles in LF4b are interpreted as periglacially cryoturbated littoral deposits with boulders derived from anchor ice, initially deposited at the margins of Lake Humber up to an altitude of 8 m OD during MIS 2. The style and age of fluvioperiglacial fan deposition at North Cave is compatible with several mid‐Devensian sites around Britain characterized by significant nival melt and run‐off from steeply incised valleys in permafrozen cuesta landscapes. This phase of fluvioperiglacial fan aggradation to near or below 0 m OD is recorded around the glacial lakes Humber and Fenland basins and indicates that no glacial lakes existed at that time.

Citation

Evans, D. J., Roberts, D. H., Bateman, M. D., Medialdea, A., Ely, J., Moreton, S. G., …Fabel, D. (2018). Sedimentation during MIS 3 at the eastern margins of the Glacial Lake Humber basin, England. Journal of Quaternary Science, 38(3), 871-891. https://doi.org/10.1002/jqs.3066

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Jul 25, 2018
• Online Publication Date: Sep 7, 2018
• Publication Date: Nov 30, 2018
• Deposit Date: Aug 28, 2018
• Publicly Available Date: Nov 21, 2018
• Journal: Journal of Quaternary Science
• Print ISSN: 0267-8179
• Electronic ISSN: 1099-1417
• Publisher: Wiley
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 38
• Issue: 3
• Pages: 871-891
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/jqs.3066