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Evolution of the Asian summer monsoon during Dansgaard/Oeschger events 13–17 recorded in a stalagmite constrained by high-precision chronology from southwest China

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 June 2017

Ting-Yong Li ,
Li-Yin Han ,
Hai Cheng ,
R. Lawrence Edwards ,
Chuan-Chou Shen ,
Hong-Chun Li ,
Jun-Yun Li ,
Chun-Xia Huang ,
Tao-Tao Zhang  and
Xin Zhao
Ting-Yong Li*
Affiliation:
Chongqing Key Laboratory of Karst Environment, School of Geographical Sciences, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, China State Key Laboratory of Loess and Quaternary Geology, Institute of Earth Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xi’an 710075, China Field Scientific Observation & Research Base of Karst Eco-environments at Nanchuan in Chongqing, Ministry of Land and Resources of China, Chongqing 408435, China
Li-Yin Han
Affiliation:
Chongqing Key Laboratory of Karst Environment, School of Geographical Sciences, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, China State Key Laboratory of Loess and Quaternary Geology, Institute of Earth Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xi’an 710075, China Field Scientific Observation & Research Base of Karst Eco-environments at Nanchuan in Chongqing, Ministry of Land and Resources of China, Chongqing 408435, China
Hai Cheng
Affiliation:
Institute of Global Environmental Change, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an 710049, China
R. Lawrence Edwards
Affiliation:
Department of Earth Sciences, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, USA
Chuan-Chou Shen
Affiliation:
Department of Geosciences, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10617, Taiwan, China
Hong-Chun Li
Affiliation:
Department of Geosciences, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10617, Taiwan, China
Jun-Yun Li
Affiliation:
Chongqing Key Laboratory of Karst Environment, School of Geographical Sciences, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, China
Chun-Xia Huang
Affiliation:
Chongqing Key Laboratory of Karst Environment, School of Geographical Sciences, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, China
Tao-Tao Zhang
Affiliation:
Chongqing Key Laboratory of Karst Environment, School of Geographical Sciences, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, China
Xin Zhao
Affiliation:
Chongqing Key Laboratory of Karst Environment, School of Geographical Sciences, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, China
*
*Corresponding author at: School of Geographical Sciences, Southwest University, No. 2 Tiansheng Road, Beibei District, Chongqing 400715, China. E-mail: cdlty@swu.edu.cn (T.-Y. Li).
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Abstract

A stalagmite with high 238U content from Yangkou Cave, China, revealed the evolution of the Asian summer monsoon (ASM) between 49.1 and 59.5 ka, and the δ18O values recorded Dansgaard/Oeschger (D/O) events 13–17. The Yangkou record shows a relatively gradual transition into the D/O 14 and 16 events. The discrepancy between the abrupt and gradual transitions of D/O 14 in the records from northern and southern China, respectively, suggests different responses of the ASM to climate changes in the high northern latitudes. The higher resolution δ18O record and more precise 230Th dating indicate that the timing of D/O 14 and 17 in the Hulu records at 53 and 58 ka should be shifted to 54.3 and 59 ka, respectively. The gradual strengthening of the ASM at the onsets of D/O 16 and 14 in our record is different from the abrupt temperature rise in the northern high latitudes. Some other factors must contribute to this relatively gradual ASM change in southern China, but the actual reason is still unknown.

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Asian summer monsoonStalagmite δ18O230Th datingDansgaard/Oeschger events

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Quaternary Research , Volume 88 , Issue 1 , July 2017 , pp. 121 - 128
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Copyright © University of Washington. Published by Cambridge University Press, 2017 

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