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    Research Article| October 08, 2018 Erosion of the Southern Alps of New Zealand during the last deglaciation Ruohong Jiao; Ruohong Jiao 1Institute of Earth Surface Dynamics, University of Lausanne, 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland2Department of Geological and Environmental Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva 8410501, Israel3Helmholtz Centre Potsdam, GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, Telegrafenberg, 14473 Potsdam, Germany Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Frédéric Herman; Frédéric Herman 1Institute of Earth Surface Dynamics, University of Lausanne, 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Olivier Beyssac; Olivier Beyssac 4Institut de Minéralogie, de Physique des Matériaux, et de Cosmochimie, UMR CNRS 7590, Sorbonne Universités–Université Pierre et Marie Curie, 75005 Paris, France Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Thierry Adatte; Thierry Adatte 5Institute of Earth Sciences, University of Lausanne, 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Simon C. Cox; Simon C. Cox 6GNS Science, Private Bag 1930, Dunedin 9054, New Zealand Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Faye E. Nelson; Faye E. Nelson 7Department of Marine Science, University of Otago, P.O. Box 56, Dunedin 9054, New Zealand Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Helen L. Neil Helen L. Neil 8National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research, Private Bag 14901, Wellington 6021, New Zealand Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Author and Article Information Ruohong Jiao 1Institute of Earth Surface Dynamics, University of Lausanne, 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland2Department of Geological and Environmental Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva 8410501, Israel3Helmholtz Centre Potsdam, GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, Telegrafenberg, 14473 Potsdam, Germany Frédéric Herman 1Institute of Earth Surface Dynamics, University of Lausanne, 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland Olivier Beyssac 4Institut de Minéralogie, de Physique des Matériaux, et de Cosmochimie, UMR CNRS 7590, Sorbonne Universités–Université Pierre et Marie Curie, 75005 Paris, France Thierry Adatte 5Institute of Earth Sciences, University of Lausanne, 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland Simon C. Cox 6GNS Science, Private Bag 1930, Dunedin 9054, New Zealand Faye E. Nelson 7Department of Marine Science, University of Otago, P.O. Box 56, Dunedin 9054, New Zealand Helen L. Neil 8National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research, Private Bag 14901, Wellington 6021, New Zealand Publisher: Geological Society of America Received: 17 May 2018 Revision Received: 02 Aug 2018 Accepted: 06 Sep 2018 First Online: 08 Oct 2018 Online Issn: 1943-2682 Print Issn: 0091-7613 © 2018 Geological Society of America Geology (2018) 46 (11): 975–978. https://doi.org/10.1130/G45160.1 Article history Received: 17 May 2018 Revision Received: 02 Aug 2018 Accepted: 06 Sep 2018 First Online: 08 Oct 2018 Cite View This Citation Add to Citation Manager Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Tools Icon Tools Get Permissions Search Site Citation Ruohong Jiao, Frédéric Herman, Olivier Beyssac, Thierry Adatte, Simon C. Cox, Faye E. Nelson, Helen L. Neil; Erosion of the Southern Alps of New Zealand during the last deglaciation. Geology 2018;; 46 (11): 975–978. doi: https://doi.org/10.1130/G45160.1 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Refmanager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All ContentBy SocietyGeology Search Advanced Search Abstract During the Quaternary, periodic glaciations transformed mountain landscapes. However, characterizing the way in which mountain erosion changes between glacier- and river-dominated conditions has been elusive. Here, using samples from an offshore sedimentary core, we estimated the spatial distribution of erosion in the southern part of the Southern Alps of New Zealand during a full transition from the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM), ca. 20 ka, to the last millennium. Raman spectroscopy analyses of carbonaceous material revealed a marked change in the sediment provenance, which we interpreted to reflect the evolving erosion pattern of the mountain range. Over the Holocene, since at least ca. 9 ka, erosion was focused on the chlorite zone schist within the upper reaches of the valleys (>15–20 km distance from the mountain front), possibly dominated by large-magnitude landslides. During the last glaciation, the proportion of sediments from the biotite schist and higher-grade metamorphic rocks in the lower-lying areas closer to the mountain front (<15–20 km) was relatively higher, probably as a result of glacier carving. Our results suggest that glacier retreat during the last deglaciation caused an upstream localization of the high erosion rates, which is consistent with the snowline records in the Southern Alps and regional and global climate histories. 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