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15 Apr 2016
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| 15 Apr 2016
The Last Glacial Maximum in the central North Island, New Zealand: palaeoclimate inferences from glacier modelling
Shaun R. Eaves
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Antarctic Research Centre, Victoria University of Wellington, P.O. Box 600, Wellington 6140, New Zealand
School of Geography, Earth, and Environmental Science, Victoria University of Wellington, P.O. Box 600, Wellington 6140, New Zealand
Andrew N. Mackintosh
Antarctic Research Centre, Victoria University of Wellington, P.O. Box 600, Wellington 6140, New Zealand
School of Geography, Earth, and Environmental Science, Victoria University of Wellington, P.O. Box 600, Wellington 6140, New Zealand
Brian M. Anderson
Antarctic Research Centre, Victoria University of Wellington, P.O. Box 600, Wellington 6140, New Zealand
Alice M. Doughty
Department of Earth Science, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH 03755, USA
Dougal B. Townsend
GNS Science, 1 Fairway Drive, Avalon, P.O. Box 30-368, Lower Hutt 5040, New Zealand
Chris E. Conway
School of Geography, Earth, and Environmental Science, Victoria University of Wellington, P.O. Box 600, Wellington 6140, New Zealand
Gisela Winckler
Lamont–Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University of New York, Palisades, NY 10964, USA
Joerg M. Schaefer
Lamont–Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University of New York, Palisades, NY 10964, USA
Graham S. Leonard
GNS Science, 1 Fairway Drive, Avalon, P.O. Box 30-368, Lower Hutt 5040, New Zealand
Andrew T. Calvert
Volcano Science Center, US Geological Survey, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA
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- Further constraint of the in situ cosmogenic 10Be production rate in pyroxene and a viability test for late Quaternary exposure dating S. Eaves et al. 10.1016/j.quageo.2018.09.006
- Ruapehu and Tongariro stratovolcanoes: a review of current understanding G. Leonard et al. 10.1080/00288306.2021.1909080
- Under what climate conditions were the New Zealand subantarctic islands glaciated? S. Eaves et al. 10.1016/j.quascirev.2024.109124
- A high-resolution 40Ar/39Ar lava chronology and edifice construction history for Ruapehu volcano, New Zealand C. Conway et al. 10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2016.07.006
- Glaciers and glaciation of North Island, New Zealand S. Eaves & M. Brook 10.1080/00288306.2020.1811354
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Short summary
Geological evidence for past changes in glacier length provides a useful source of information about pre-historic climate change. We have used glacier modelling to show that air temperature reductions of −5 to −7 °C, relative to present, are required to simulate the glacial extent in the North Island, New Zealand, during the last ice age (approx. 20000 years ago). Our results provide data to assess climate model simulations, with the aim of determining the drivers of past natural climate change.
Geological evidence for past changes in glacier length provides a useful source of information...
