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The East Asian Monsoon During MIS 2 Expressed in a Speleothem δ18O Record From Jintanwan Cave, Hunan, China

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

Jason Cosford ,
Hairuo Qing ,
Yin Lin ,
Bruce Eglington ,
Dave Mattey ,
Yue Gau Chen ,
Meiliang Zhang  and
Hai Cheng
Jason Cosford*
Affiliation:
Department of Geology, University of Regina, Regina, SK, Canada S4S 0A2
Hairuo Qing
Affiliation:
Department of Geology, University of Regina, Regina, SK, Canada S4S 0A2
Yin Lin
Affiliation:
Department of Geosciences, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan (R.O.C.) 10611
Bruce Eglington
Affiliation:
Saskatchewan Isotope Laboratory, Department of Geological Sciences, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, Canada S7N 5E2
Dave Mattey
Affiliation:
Department of Geology, Royal Holloway University of London, Egham, Surrey, TW20 0EX, UK
Yue Gau Chen
Affiliation:
Department of Geosciences, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan (R.O.C.) 10611
Meiliang Zhang
Affiliation:
Institute of Karst Geology, Chinese Academy of Geological Science, Guilin, China, 541004
Hai Cheng
Affiliation:
Department of Geology and Geophysics, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, MN 55455, USA
*
*Corresponding author. J.D. Mollard and Associates, Regina, SK, Canada, S4P 0R7. Fax: +1 306 352 8820.E-mail address:cosford@jdmollard.com (J. Cosford).
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Abstract

Stalagmite J1 from Jintanwan Cave, Hunan, China, provides a precisely dated, decadally resolved δ18O proxy record of paleoclimatic changes associated with the East Asian monsoon from ∽29.5 to 14.7 ka and from ∽12.9 to 11.0 ka. At the time of the last glacial maximum (LGM), the East Asian summer monsoon weakened and then strengthened in response to changes in Northern Hemisphere insolation. As the ice sheets retreated the East Asian summer monsoon weakened, especially during Heinrich event H1, when atmospheric and oceanic teleconnections transferred the climatic changes around the North Atlantic to the monsoonal regions of Eastern Asia. A depositional hiatus between ∽14.7 and 12.9 ka leaves the deglacial record incomplete, but an abrupt shift in δ18O values at ∽11.5 ka marks the end of the Younger Dryas and the transition into the Holocene. Comparisons of the J1 record to other Chinese speleothem records indicate synchronous climatic changes throughout monsoonal China. Further comparisons to a speleothem record from western Asia (Socotra Island) and to Greenland ice cores support hemispherical-scale paleoclimatic change. Spectral and wavelet analyses reveal centennial- and decadal-scale periodicities that correspond to solar frequencies and to oscillations in atmospheric and oceanic circulation.

Keywords

StalagmiteOxygen isotopesEast Asian monsoonLast glacial maximum
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Original Articles
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Quaternary Research , Volume 73 , Issue 3 , May 2010 , pp. 541 - 549
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University of Washington

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