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East Asian monsoon variation and climate changes in Jeju Island, Korea, during the latest Pleistocene to early Holocene

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

Seung Hyoun Lee ,
Yong Il Lee ,
Ho Il Yoon  and
Kyu-Cheul Yoo
Seung Hyoun Lee
Affiliation:
School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Seoul National University, Seoul 151-747, Republic of Korea Korea National Oil Company, Anyang, Gyeonggi-do 431-711, Republic of Korea
Yong Il Lee*
Affiliation:
School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Seoul National University, Seoul 151-747, Republic of Korea
Ho Il Yoon
Affiliation:
Korea Polar Research Institute (KOPRI), 1903 Get Pearl Tower, Songdo Techno Park 7-50, Incheon 406-840, Republic of Korea
Kyu-Cheul Yoo
Affiliation:
Korea Polar Research Institute (KOPRI), 1903 Get Pearl Tower, Songdo Techno Park 7-50, Incheon 406-840, Republic of Korea
*
*Corresponding author. School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Seoul National University, Seoul 151-747, Republic of Korea. Fax: +82 2 871 3269. E-mail address:lee2602@plaza.snu.ac.kr (Y.I. Lee).
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Abstract

A 4.96-m-long sediment core from the Hanon paleo-maar in Jeju Island, Korea was studied to investigate the paleoclimatic change and East Asian monsoon variations during the latest Pleistocene to early Holocene (23,000–9000 cal yr BP). High-resolution TOC content, magnetic susceptibility, and major element composition data indicate that Jeju Island experienced the coldest climate around 18,000 cal yr BP, which corresponds to the last glacial maximum (LGM). Further, these multi-proxy data show an abrupt shift in climatic regime from cold and arid to warm and humid conditions at around 14,000 cal yr BP, which represents the commencement of the last major deglaciation. After the last major deglaciation, the TOC content decreased from 13,300 to 12,000 cal yr BP and from 11,500 to 9800 cal yr BP, thereby reflecting the weakening of the summer monsoon. The LGM in Jeju Island occurred later in comparison with the Chinese Loess Plateau. Such a disparity in climatic change events between central China and Jeju Island appears to be caused by the asynchrony between the coldest temperature event and the minimum precipitation event in central China and by the buffering effect of the Pacific Ocean.

Keywords

East Asian monsoonPaleoclimatic changeJeju IslandLast glacial maximum
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Quaternary Research , Volume 70 , Issue 2 , September 2008 , pp. 265 - 274
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University of Washington

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