Evaluation of physical and chemical proxies used to interpret past glaciations with a focus on the late Paleozoic Ice Age

JL Isbell, FF Vesely, ELM Rosa, KN Pauls… - Earth-Science …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract The late Paleozoic Ice Age (LPIA) was one of Earth's most important Phanerozoic
climatic events lasting for over 100 Mys. Despite its importance, its history is controversial …

[HTML][HTML] New perspectives on glacial geomorphology in Earth's deep time record

DP Le Heron, ME Busfield, X Chen… - Frontiers in Earth …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
The deep time (pre-Quaternary) glacial record is an important means to understand the
growth, development, and recession of the global cryosphere on very long timescales (106 …

The late Paleozoic Ice Age along the southwestern margin of Gondwana: Facies models, age constraints, correlation and sequence stratigraphic framework

O López-Gamundí, CO Limarino, JL Isbell… - Journal of South …, 2021 - Elsevier
The southwestern margin of South America offers a complete record of the Late Paleozoic
Ice Age (LPIA) that affected the Gondwana supercontinent. The tripartite division of LPIA …

Bedforms and sedimentary structures related to supercritical flows in glacigenic settings

J Lang, DP Le Heron, JH Van den Berg… - …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Upper‐flow‐regime bedforms, including upper‐stage‐plane beds, antidunes, chutes‐and‐
pools and cyclic steps, are ubiquitous in glacigenic depositional environments characterized …

Fjord network in Namibia: A snapshot into the dynamics of the late Paleozoic glaciation

P Dietrich, NP Griffis, DP Le Heron… - …, 2021 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Fjords are glacially carved estuaries that profoundly influence ice-sheet stability by draining
and ablating ice. Although abundant on modern high-latitude continental shelves, fjord …

The Ordovician record of North and West Africa: unravelling sea-level variations, Gondwana tectonics, and the glacial impact

JF Ghienne, H Abdallah, R Deschamps, M Guiraud… - 2023 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Abstract The Ordovician of North and West Africa comprises three main transgressive–
regressive sequences understood as 'second-order'cycles of 10–15 myr duration. Tide-to …

Cool deltas: Sedimentological, geomorphological and geophysical characterization of ice‐contact deltas and implications for their reservoir properties (Salpausselkä …

B KurjaŃski, BR Rea, M Spagnolo… - …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Sediments deposited by glacial meltwaters (for example, ice‐contact delta deposits) form
permeable packages in the subsurface that can act as reservoirs for both water and …

Retreat pattern of glaciers controls the occurrence of turbidity currents on high‐latitude fjord deltas (eastern Baffin Island)

A Normandeau, P Dietrich… - Journal of …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Glacier and ice sheet mass loss as a result of climate change is driving important coastal
changes in Arctic fjords. Yet limited information exists for Arctic coasts regarding the …

Ice‐margin fluctuation sequences and grounding zone wedges: The record of the Late Palaeozoic Ice Age in the eastern Karoo Basin (Dwyka Group, South Africa)

P Dietrich, A Hofmann - The Depositional Record, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
In the eastern part of the Karoo Basin of South Africa, the sedimentary record of the Late
Palaeozoic Ice Age, the Dwyka Group, consists of an up to 200 m thick accumulation of …

The impact of the end-Ordovician glaciation on sediment routing systems: a case study from the Meseta (northern Morocco)

JF Ghienne, A Benvenuti, M El Houicha, F Girard… - Gondwana …, 2018 - Elsevier
Assessment of sediment redistribution by end-Ordovician ice sheets is crucial for the
reconstruction of Lower Paleozoic source-to-sink patterns. Focusing on the ice-distal …