Abstract
ABSTRACT Glacio-eustatic cycles lead to changes in sedimentation on all types of continental margins. There is, however, a paucity of sedimentation rate data over eustatic sea-level cycles in active subduction zones. During International Ocean Discovery Program Expedition 375, coring of the upper âŒ110 m of the northern Hikurangi Trough Site U1520 recovered a turbidite-dominated succession deposited during the last âŒ45 kyrs (Marine Isotope Stages (MIS) 1â3). We present an age model integrating radiocarbon dates, tephrochronology, and ÎŽ18O stratigraphy, to evaluate the bed recurrence interval (RI) and sediment accumulation rate (SAR). Our analyses indicate mean bed RI varies from âŒ322 yrs in MIS1, âŒ49 yrs in MIS2, and âŒ231 yrs in MIS3. Large (6-fold) and abrupt variations in SAR are recorded across MIS transitions, with rates of up to âŒ10 m/kyr occurring during the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM), and <1 m/kyr during MIS1 and 3. The pronounced variability in SAR, with extremely high rates during the LGM, even for a subduction zone, are the result of changes in regional sediment supply associated with climate-driven changes in terrestrial catchment erosion, and critical thresholds of eustatic sea-level change altering the degree of sediment bypassing the continental shelf and slope via submarine canyon systems.
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