Decoupling of monsoon activity across the northern and southern Indo-Pacific during the Late Glacial

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Denniston, R. F.¹  Asmerom, Y.²  Polyak, V. J.²  Wanamaker, A. D., Jr.³  Ummenhofer, C. C.⁴  Humphreys, W. F.^5,6  Cugley, J.⁷  Woods, D.⁸  Lucker, S.¹ 

[1] Cornell Coll, Dept Geol, Mt Vernon, IA 52314 USA

[2] Univ New Mexico, Dept Earth & Planetary Sci, Albuquerque, NM 87131 USA

[3] Iowa State Univ, Dept Geol & Atmospher Sci, Ames, IA 50011 USA

[4] Woods Hole Oceanog Inst, Dept Phys Oceanog, Woods Hole, MA 02543 USA

[5] Univ Western Australia, Sch Biol Sci, Crawley, WA, Australia

[6] Western Australian Museum, Welshpool Dc, WA, Australia

[7] Australian Speleol Federat, Perth, WA, Australia

[8] Dept Pk & Wildlife, Broome, WA, Australia

关键词: Stalagmite;    Carbon isotope;    Oxygen isotope;    Indonesian-Australian summer monsoon;   

DOI  :  10.1016/j.quascirev.2017.09.014

来源: Elsevier

【 摘 要 】

Recent studies of stalagmites from the Southern Hemisphere tropics of Indonesia reveal two shifts in monsoon activity not apparent in records from the Northern Hemisphere sectors of the Austral-Asian monsoon system: an interval of enhanced rainfall at similar to 19 ka, immediately prior to Heinrich Stadial 1, and a sharp increase in precipitation at similar to 9 ka. Determining whether these events are site-specific or regional is important for understanding the full range of sensitivities of the Austral-Asian monsoon. We present a discontinuous 40 kyr carbon isotope record of stalagmites from two caves in the Kimberley region of the north-central Australian tropics. Heinrich stadials are represented by pronounced negative carbon isotopic anomalies, indicative of enhanced rainfall associated with a southward shift of the intertropical convergence zone and consistent with hydroclimatic changes observed across Asia and the Indo-Pacific. Between 20 and 8 ka, however, the Kimberley stalagmites, like the Indonesian record, reveal decoupling of monsoon behavior from Southeast Asia, including the early deglacial wet period (which we term the Late Glacial Pluvial) and the abrupt strengthening of early Holocene monsoon rainfall. (C) 2017 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

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