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https://doi.org/10.5194/bgd-7-4341-2010
https://doi.org/10.5194/bgd-7-4341-2010
08 Jun 2010
 | 08 Jun 2010
Status: this preprint was under review for the journal BG but the revision was not accepted.

Crustal uplifting rate associated with late-Holocene glacial-isostatic rebound at Skallen and Skarvsnes, Lützow-Holm Bay, East Antarctica: evidence of a synchrony in sedimentary and biological facies on geological setting

Y. Takano, Y. Yokoyama, J. J. Tyler, H. Kojima, M. Fukui, T. Sato, N. O. Ogawa, N. Suzuki, H. Kitazato, and N. Ohkouchi

Abstract. We determined the mean crustal uplifting rate during the late Holocene along the Soya Coast, Lützow-Holm Bay, East Antarctica, by dating a marine-lacustrine transition recorded in lake sediments. We focused on temporal variations in the chemical composition of sediments recovered from Lake Skallen Oike at Skallen and Lake Oyako at Skarvsnes. Both sets of lake sediments record environmental changes associated with a transition from marine to lacustrine (fresh water) settings, as indicated by analyses of sedimentary facies for carbon and nitrogen contents, nitrogen isotopic compositions (15N/14N), and major element concentrations. Changes in the dominant primary producers during the marine-lacustrine transition were also clearly revealed by biogenic Opal-A, diatom assemblages, and gradient gel electrophoresis (DGGE) with 16S rRNA gene analysis. Geochronology based on radiocarbon dating of acid-insoluble organic carbon suggested that the environmental transition from saline to fresh water occurred at 2940±100 cal yr BP at L. Skallen and 1060±90 cal yr BP at L. Oyako. Based on these data and a linear approximation model, we estimated a mean crustal uplifting rate of 3.6 mm yr−1 for the period since the marine-lacustrine transition via brackish condition; this uplift is attributed to glacial-isostatic rebound along the Soya Coast. The geological setting was the primary factor in controlling the emergence event and the occurrence of simultaneous changes in sedimentary and biological facies along the zone of crustal uplift.

Y. Takano, Y. Yokoyama, J. J. Tyler, H. Kojima, M. Fukui, T. Sato, N. O. Ogawa, N. Suzuki, H. Kitazato, and N. Ohkouchi
Y. Takano, Y. Yokoyama, J. J. Tyler, H. Kojima, M. Fukui, T. Sato, N. O. Ogawa, N. Suzuki, H. Kitazato, and N. Ohkouchi
Y. Takano, Y. Yokoyama, J. J. Tyler, H. Kojima, M. Fukui, T. Sato, N. O. Ogawa, N. Suzuki, H. Kitazato, and N. Ohkouchi

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