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Variation in the Indian summer monsoon intensity during the Bolling-Allerod and Holocene

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Title Variation in the Indian summer monsoon intensity during the Bolling-Allerod and Holocene
 
Creator Kessarkar, P.M.
Rao, V.P.
Naqvi, S.W.A.
Karapurkar, S.G.
 
Subject palaeoclimatology
palaeoclimate
holocene
monsoons
 
Description Variations in the Indian summer monsoon (ISM) intensity during the last 16.7 ka have been studied using organic carbon (Corg), delta 15N of sedimentary organic matter, CaCO3, sediment texture, delta 18OC, and Mg/Ca-derived sea surface temperature, delta 18O of sea water and sea surface salinity, in a 14C-dated sediment core from the eastern Arabian Sea. The delta 18O in water and planktonic foraminifera shells off the central west coast of India may be controlled by the ISM intensity as this area receives high precipitation and land runoff. Also, the Corg and CaCO3 contents of sediments and delta 15N of sedimentary organic matter may be linked to ISM-induced productivity and denitrification. The results of the present study reveal that between 16 and 15.2ka BP, the ISM was weak with minor fluctuations and started intensifying around 15.2ka BP, at the onset of the Bolling-Allerod (B-A) event. The B-A event is characterized by higher water column denitrification rates comparable to the present day. The ISM signatures observed in the delta 18OC record of B-A event compare well with those from Timta cave of the western Himalayas and also the Asian summer monsoon signatures from the Hulu caves in China and warming signatures in Greenland Ice Sheet Project 2 (GISP2) suggesting atmospheric teleconnections through Intertropical Convergence Zone. The boundary between the Younger Dryas and the Holocene is discernible with small episodes of abrupt events of increased ISM intensity. This decrease in delta 18OC values at~11.8ka BP is contemporary with June solar insolation maximum at 30° north and the increase in methane in the GISP2 ice core supporting episodes of warmer climate and increase in ISM intensity. The ISM seems to have been most stable between 7 and 5.6ka BP. The core exhibits periodicity of 500 years that is comparable to the Atlantic water formation and the Chinese monsoon
 
Date 2013-12-10T05:55:01Z
2013-12-10T05:55:01Z
2013
 
Type Journal Article
 
Identifier Paleoceanography, vol.28(3); 2013; 413-425
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http://drs.nio.org/drs/handle/2264/4397
 
Language en
 
Relation Paleoceanography_28_413.jpg
 
Rights An edited version of this paper was published by AGU. Copyright [2013] AGU. To view the published open abstract, go to http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/palo.20040
 
Publisher American Geophysical Union