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An examination of the Geochemical properties of late devensian glacigenic sediments in Eastern England

2007· dissertation· en· W96836458 on OpenAlex
Clare M. Boston

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Bibliographic record

VenueDurham e-Theses (Durham University) · 2007
Typedissertation
Languageen
FieldEarth and Planetary Sciences
TopicGeology and Paleoclimatology Research
Canadian institutionsnot available
Fundersnot available
KeywordsGeologyProvenanceGlacial periodDeposition (geology)BasementPaleontologyGeochemistrySedimentologySedimentGeomorphologyArchaeologyGeography
DOInot available

Abstract

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Onshore advance of the North Sea lobe of the Late Devensian British Ice Sheet the last glaciation resulted in the deposition of thick multiple till sequences along the coasts of east Yorkshire and north Lincolnshire. Despite an abundance of sedimentological and stratigraphical data, the origin of these tills remains controversial, and their correlation along the coast is poorly understood. These multiple till sequences provide an excellent opportunity to test models of large-scale subglacial sediment transport and deposition beneath soft-bed ice sheets using geochemistry. Such geochemical analysis has been used extensively in other formerly glaciated areas, notably Canada, to identify till characteristics and dispersal patterns. However, to date it has not been applied in any detail to glacial sediments in the UK and its potential as a tool for till correlation and understanding till genesis remains relatively undeveloped. A detailed sampling method was employed at seven sites in eastern England; Filey, Skipsea, Dimlington, South Ferriby, Kirmington, Welton-Le-Wold and Morston; to investigate vertical and lateral changes in till geochemistry in this region. Particle size analysis of the till matrix was used as an additional tool to provide extra sedimentological data. Complete linkage and Ward's method cluster analysis was used to establish groups of geochemically similar diamicton samples. Geochemical results suggest that there are vertical changes in till geochemistry, which are likely to be related to a change in provenance from local to more distal sources. Geochemistry and particle size results were also unable to precisely differentiate between the Basement, Skipsea and Withernsea till types. Instead, the repeated nature of the geochemical signature at larger sites, such as Dimlington, and the lateral discontinuity of some geochemical groups suggests that the till sequences at Filey, Dimlington, and Skipsea are comprised of a number of lithologically distinct rafts which have been tectonically stacked or elevated to higher levels in the sediment pile. At Dimlington the production of a glacitectonically folded and stacked moraine is proposed as a mechanism to explain the remarkably thick sequence of Withemsea Till and the repeated nature of the geochemical signature at this site. This research therefore provides new evidence for our understanding of glacial stratigraphy and former ice dynamics in eastern England, suggesting that till composition and the mechanics behind its production are more complex than the traditional stratigraphic division allows.

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Teacher imitation

Not calibrated prevalence, not ground truth. Human validation pending. Learned from the 10,348 direct Codex labels and 10,348 direct Gemma labels. Candidate is the union of thresholded teacher heads; consensus is their intersection. These outputs are machine_predicted_unvalidated and are not human labels or direct frontier model labels.

metaresearch head score (Codex)0.000
metaresearch head score (Gemma)0.000
Version: codex-gemma-dda1882f352aValidation status: machine_predicted_unvalidated
Candidate categoriesnone
Consensus categoriesnone
DomainCandidate signal: none · Consensus signal: none
Study designCandidate signal: Observational · Consensus signal: Observational
GenreCandidate signal: Empirical · Consensus signal: Empirical
Teacher disagreement score0.037
Threshold uncertainty score0.979

Codex and Gemma teacher scores by category

CategoryCodexGemma
Metaresearch0.0000.000
Meta-epidemiology (narrow)0.0000.000
Meta-epidemiology (broad)0.0000.000
Bibliometrics0.0010.001
Science and technology studies0.0000.000
Scholarly communication0.0000.000
Open science0.0010.000
Research integrity0.0000.000
Insufficient payload (model declined to judge)0.0000.000

Machine scores (provisional)

The two teacher heads of the student model, read on this work. A score orders the frame for review; it never asserts a category, and the validation status ships verbatim with every row.

Baseline scores from an immature model (maturity gate not passed, 7 training rounds). Scores rank; they never assert a category.

Opus teacher head0.020
GPT teacher head0.230
Teacher spread0.210 · how far apart the two teachers sit on this one work
Validation statusscore_only:v0-immature-baseline · verbatim from the scoring run: score_only means the number may rank works, and no category label ships from it