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Geomagnetic Secular Variation Models for Latitude Scaling of Cosmic Ray Flux and Considerations for 10Be Exposure Dating of Laurentide Ice Sheet Retreat
by Dennis V. Kent, Luca Lanci and Dorothy M. Peteet
Quaternary 2025, 8(3), 47; https://doi.org/10.3390/quat8030047 - 1 Sep 2025
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Published cosmogenic 10Be exposure ages from the terminal moraine of the Laurentide Ice Sheet (LIS) in northeastern North America have been interpreted to date the start of the retreat of the LIS at the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM) about 25 thousand years [...] Read more.
Published cosmogenic 10Be exposure ages from the terminal moraine of the Laurentide Ice Sheet (LIS) in northeastern North America have been interpreted to date the start of the retreat of the LIS at the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM) about 25 thousand years ago (ka). In contrast, published 14C accelerator mass spectrometry (AMS) dates for terrestrial plant macrofossils in LIS basal deglacial clay deposits range back to only ~16 calibrated (cal) ka, more consistent with the timing of glacio-eustatic rise and associated meltwater discharge to the North Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico associated with LGM deglaciation. We apply statistical models of geomagnetic secular variation, including dipole moment, to the latitudinal scaling of cosmic ray flux to see how well the age discrepancy can be addressed. A preferred new scaling, which is essentially time-invariant over the relevant LGM age range, shifts the exposure ages only a few thousand years younger. The age discrepancy may thus stem more from potential local biases toward higher 10Be concentrations (older apparent ages) at the terminal moraine sites, such as much higher 10Be production rates at the LIS front, and especially from inheritance. Such biases can be tested by obtaining primary 10Be calibration sites in the LGM time frame, and by more comprehensive sampling strategies for glaciated terrain to discern inheritance. Full article
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