Temperature and heat flux changes at the base of Laurentide ice sheet inferred from geothermal data (evidence from province of Alberta, Canada)

Using a previously published temperature log of the 2363-m-deep borehole Hunt well (Alberta, Canada) and the results of its previous interpretation, the new reconstructions of ground surface temperature and surface heat flux histories for the last 30 ka have been obtained. Two ways to adjust the tim...

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Veröffentlicht in:International journal of earth sciences : Geologische Rundschau 2018, Vol.107 (1), p.113-121
Hauptverfasser: Demezhko, Dmitry, Gornostaeva, Anastasia, Majorowicz, Jacek, Šafanda, Jan
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:Using a previously published temperature log of the 2363-m-deep borehole Hunt well (Alberta, Canada) and the results of its previous interpretation, the new reconstructions of ground surface temperature and surface heat flux histories for the last 30 ka have been obtained. Two ways to adjust the timescale of geothermal reconstructions are discussed, namely the traditional method based on the a priori data on thermal diffusivity value, and the alternative one including the orbital tuning of the surface heat flux and the Earth’s insolation changes. It is shown that the second approach provides better agreement between geothermal reconstructions and proxy evidences of deglaciation chronology in the studied region.
ISSN:1437-3254
1437-3262
DOI:10.1007/s00531-017-1464-y