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The eastern forefield of Bering Glacier encompasses a lake and island complex overridden by glacier surge advances in 1965-1967 and 1993-1995. Multiple ‘fossil’ tree horizons (still in growth position) have been identified within outwash deposits in proglacial stratigraphic sections. Those at the near surface demonstrate deformation and shearing directly linked to the stresses applied by overriding glacier advance. This project aims to assess the suitability of ground-penetrating radar (GPR) as a tool for detecting continuous till and diamicton surfaces associated with sediment deformation as well as to identify sheared and deformed trees. In 2006, a grid of six 100 m common offset GPR lines were collected on Bentwood Island using a PulseEKKO Pro 1100 system at a nominal frequency of 200 MHz. A maximum penetration depth of approximately 11 m within materials composed of diamicton, sand, gravel and some silts and clays, has been achieved. Two sub horizontal reflections have been identified at depth that can be traced across the grid. These are interpreted to represent the upper and lower boundaries of sand and gravel units, which are bounded by till and peat at the upper and lower contact, respectively. Between the prominent reflections, a number of stacked hyperbolae or point source reflections can be identified, indicating the presence of deformed trees, which are still upright within the substrate. GPR observations of the spatial continuity of deformation units on Bentwood Island coupled with observations on other nearby islands, suggests subglacial sediment deformation was widespread during advances of Bering Glacier.
Author(s): Burke MJ, Fleisher PJ, Woodward J, Bailey PK, Natel ES, Russell AJ
Publication type: Conference Proceedings (inc. Abstract)
Publication status: Unknown
Conference Name: Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Ground Penetrating Radar
Year of Conference: 2008
ISSN: 9780956112101
Publisher: University of Birmingham
URL: http://www.gpr2008.org.uk/
Notes: proceedings on disk
