Ages and inferred causes of Late Pleistocene glaciations on Mauna Kea, Hawaii

Author:

Pigati, Jeffrey S., Zreda, Marek, Zweck, Chris, Almasi, Peter F., Elmore, David, Sharp, Warren D.

Title:

Ages and inferred causes of Late Pleistocene glaciations on Mauna Kea, Hawaii

Periodical:

Journal of Quaternary Science

Year:

2008

Volume:

23

Pages:

683-702

Subject:

Tropical glaciers Temperature measurements

Summary:

A sequence of glacial deposits near the summit of Mauna Kea, on the island of Hawaii, contains information on the timing and magnitude of paleoclimatic changes. However, until recently, the glacial deposits had been difficult to date. As a result, only the approximate chronology of the glacial events that occurred on Mauna Kea was known. In addition, since glaciers respond to a combination of climatic variables, which are primarily related to temperature and precipitation, multiple palaeoclimatic interpretations can be made from the same glacial record. As a result, reported here are new measurements that were analyzed with existing palaeoclimatic data in an effort to solve these problems.

Label:

Geology - Glaciation

URL:

http://cletus.uhh.hawaii.edu:2074/10.1002/jqs.1195

Collection:

Periodicals