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Signature of modern glacial lake outburst floods in fjord sediments (Baker River, southern Chile)
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WoS WOS:000650727800001
Scopus SCOPUS_ID:85105970507
DOI 10.1111/SED.12874
Año 2021
Tipo artículo de investigación

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Autores Afiliación Chile

Instituciones Chile

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Extranjeras


Abstract



Glacial Lake Outburst Floods (GLOFs) constitute a major hazard in glacierized regions. They are particularly pronounced in the Baker River watershed (Chilean Patagonia, 48 degrees S), where 23 events occurred between 2008 and 2020. Although GLOF deposits have previously been studied in lake settings, how modern GLOFs are recorded in fjord sediments remains mostly unknown. To address this issue, ten sediment cores collected in the fjord immediately downstream of the Baker River (Martinez Channel) were investigated and compared to the recent GLOF history of the river. Results show that sediments accumulate at 2.0 to 3.4 cm year(-1) and that GLOF deposits can be distinguished from background sediments by their finer grain size (5.98 +/- 0.82 mu m) and lower organic carbon content (0.31 +/- 0.06%), reflecting the release and transport in suspension of high amounts of glacial rock flour during GLOFs. Although 21 GLOFs from Cachet 2 Lake occurred between 2008 and 2017, the first events left a stronger imprint in the sediment, suggesting that more sediment of glacial origin was released during those initial events, possibly due to lake-bed erosion. An older GLOF deposit was tentatively linked to the outburst of Las Lengas Lake in 1988. The sediment cores also contain fine-grained turbidites, especially in the prodelta area. These turbidites confirm recent channel activity, but most of them seem to have been triggered by processes other than GLOFs. Overall, the results of this study suggest that GLOF deposits are distinct from typical flood turbidites. They are best identified by their low grain size and total organic carbon content, and best archived on the delta slope, away from any submarine channel influence. Finally, these results highlight the potential of fjord sediment archives to establish pre-historical GLOF records and ultimately improve GLOF hazard assessments.

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Revista ISSN
Sedimentology 0037-0746

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Geology
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Ord. Autor Género Institución - País
1 Vandekerkhove, Elke Mujer Univ Ghent - Bélgica
Universiteit Gent - Bélgica
2 Bertrand, Sebastien Hombre Univ Ghent - Bélgica
Universiteit Gent - Bélgica
3 TORREJON-GODOY, FERNANDO JAVIER Hombre Universidad de Concepción - Chile
4 Kylander, Malin E. Mujer Stockholm Univ - Suecia
Stockholms universitet - Suecia
5 REID-BURNS, BRIAN LEGARE Hombre Universidad Austral de Chile - Chile
6 Saunders, Krystyna M. Mujer Australian Nucl Sci & Technol Org - Australia
Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation - Australia

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Financiamiento



Fuente
Universidad de Concepción
Centro de Investigación en Ecosistemas de la Patagonia
Fonds Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek
University of Concepci?n
SHOA
CIEP
Direction Générale de l’Armement
Flemish Research Foundation (FWO, Belgium) Paleo-GLOFs project
Chilean Navy Hydrographic and Oceanographic Service
Ecosistemas de la Patagonia
Eleonora Crescenzi Lanna

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Agradecimientos



Agradecimiento
We thank the captain (Rodrigo Mansilla) and the crew of the R/V Sur-Austral (COPAS Sur-Austral, Tortel, Chile), and Eleonora Crescenzi Lanna, Helena Pryer and Loic Piret for their help with sample collection. Thomas Vandorpe and Loic Piret are thanked for CT scanning the cores. We are grateful to Alejandro Dussaillant for sharing the Baker River discharge data that were not readily available from the DGA. We are also thankful to Silvio Pantoja and Romina San Martin at the University of Concepcion (Chile), and to the staff of Centro de Investigacion en Ecosistemas de la Patagonia (CIEP, Chile). We acknowledge the Chilean Navy Hydrographic and Oceanographic Service (SHOA; permit number 13270/24/235/Vrs) for authorizing this sampling expedition. Anita Abarzua (Universidad Austral, Valdivia, Chile) is thanked for providing the gravity corer. Benjamin Amann, Loic Piret, Dawei Liu, Matthias Troch and Gerardo Benito provided valuable comments on an earlier version of this manuscript. Finally, we thank Pierre Sabatier and one anonymous reviewer for their constructive comments. This research was funded by the Flemish Research Foundation (FWO, Belgium) Paleo-GLOFs project G0D7916N.
We thank the captain (Rodrigo Mansilla) and the crew of the (COPAS Sur‐Austral, Tortel, Chile), and Eleonora Crescenzi Lanna, Helena Pryer and Loic Piret for their help with sample collection. Thomas Vandorpe and Loic Piret are thanked for CT scanning the cores. We are grateful to Alejandro Dussaillant for sharing the Baker River discharge data that were not readily available from the DGA. We are also thankful to Silvio Pantoja and Romina San Martín at the University of Concepción (Chile), and to the staff of Centro de Investigación en Ecosistemas de la Patagonia (CIEP, Chile). We acknowledge the Chilean Navy Hydrographic and Oceanographic Service (SHOA; permit number 13270/24/235/Vrs) for authorizing this sampling expedition. Anita Abarzua (Universidad Austral, Valdivia, Chile) is thanked for providing the gravity corer. Benjamin Amann, Loic Piret, Dawei Liu, Matthias Troch and Gerardo Benito provided valuable comments on an earlier version of this manuscript. Finally, we thank Pierre Sabatier and one anonymous reviewer for their constructive comments. This research was funded by the Flemish Research Foundation (FWO, Belgium) Paleo‐GLOFs project G0D7916N. R/V Sur‐Austral

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