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The collapse of the Cordilleran–Laurentide ice saddle and early opening of the Mackenzie Valley, Northwest Territories, Canada, constrained by 10Be exposure dating
Department of Physical Geography and Geoecology, Charles University,
Albertov 6, 12843 Prague 2, Czech Republic
Department of Physical Geography and Geoecology, Charles University,
Albertov 6, 12843 Prague 2, Czech Republic
John C. Gosse
Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Dalhousie University, 1355 Oxford
Street, Halifax B3H 4R2, Nova Scotia, Canada
Alan J. Hidy
Center for Accelerator Mass Spectrometry, Lawrence Livermore National
Laboratory, 7000 East Avenue, Livermore, CA 94550, USA
Alistair J. Monteath
Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, 1–26 Earth Sciences
Building, University of Alberta, Edmonton T6G 2E3, Alberta, Canada
Joseph M. Young
Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, 1–26 Earth Sciences
Building, University of Alberta, Edmonton T6G 2E3, Alberta, Canada
Niall Gandy
Department of the Natural and Built Environment, Sheffield Hallam
University, Sheffield, S1 1WB, UK
School of Earth and Environment, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT,
UK
Lauren J. Gregoire
School of Earth and Environment, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT,
UK
Sophie L. Norris
Department of Geography, David Turpin Building, University of
Victoria, Victoria, V8P 5C2, British Columbia, Canada
Duane Froese
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, 1–26 Earth Sciences
Building, University of Alberta, Edmonton T6G 2E3, Alberta, Canada
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Short summary
The Laurentide Ice Sheet was the largest ice sheet to grow and disappear in the Northern Hemisphere during the last glaciation. In northwestern Canada, it covered the Mackenzie Valley, blocking the migration of fauna and early humans between North America and Beringia and altering the drainage systems. We reconstruct the timing of ice sheet retreat in this region and the implications for the migration of early humans into North America, the drainage of glacial lakes, and past sea level rise.
The Laurentide Ice Sheet was the largest ice sheet to grow and disappear in the Northern...
