Stalagmite-inferred Holocene precipitation in northern Guizhou Province, China, and asynchronous termination of the Climatic Optimum in the Asian monsoon territory

Jiang, Xiuyang; He, Yixin; Shen, Chuan‐Chou; Kong, Xinggong; Li, Zhizhong; Chang, Yu‐Wei

doi:10.1007/s11434-011-4848-6

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“…He et al (2004) also explained a similar phenomenon from west to east China, and proposed that altitudinal differences were a factor leading to different durations of the HOP. In contrast, later research (e.g., Cai et al, 2010;Jiang et al, 2012) argued that changing sea surface temperature (SST) in the western tropical Pacific was likely an important forcing for the summer monsoon precipitation changes in central and northern China, which resulted in spatio-temporal distributions that were distinct from those proposed by An et al (2000). Additionally, Zhou et al (2007) suggested that the Holocene maximum occurred between 10 and 5 ka BP in both southern and northern China, consistent with a global pattern and not a local expression.…”

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Multi-scale Holocene Asian monsoon variability deduced from a twin-stalagmite record in southwestern China

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a b s t r a c tWe present two isotopic (d 18 O and d 13 C) sequences of a twin-stalagmite from Zhuliuping Cave, southwestern China, with 230 Th dates from 14.6 to 4.6 ka. The stalagmite d 18 O record characterizes orbital-to decadal-scale variability of Asian summer monsoon (ASM) intensity, with the Holocene optimum period (HOP) between 9.8 and 6.8 ka BP which is reinforced by its co-varying d 13 C data. The large multi-decadal scale amplitude of the cave d 18 O indicates its high sensitivity to climate change.Four centennial-scale weak ASM events during the early Holocene are centered at 11.2, 10.8, 9.1 and 8.2 ka. They can be correlated to cold periods in the northern high latitudes, possibly resulting from rapid dynamics of atmospheric circulation associated with North Atlantic cooling. The 8.2 ka event has an amplitude more than two-thirds that of the Younger Dryas (YD), and is significantly stronger than other cave records in the Asia monsoon region, likely indicating a more severe dry climate condition at the cave site. At the end of the YD event, the d 13 C record lags the d 18 O record by 300e500 yr, suggesting a multi-centennial slow response of vegetation and soil processes to monsoon enhancement.

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Multi-scale Holocene Asian monsoon variability deduced from a twin-stalagmite record in southwestern China

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“…This enabled an in-depth characterization of the last glacial EASM variability, especially at the millennial time-scale, and of abrupt changes such as Dansgaard/Oeschger and Heinrich events [5,9,43,120,146,173]. The highest temporal resolutions are found in the Holocene, with some records having a resolution between 1 to 20 years [8,15,25,45,51,75,81,82,108,113,125,151,153] (Figure 3). Figure 4 shows the spatial distribution of speleothem δ 18 O records in China during three periods: the Late Pleistocene (640 ka-11.7 ka), the Holocene (11.7 ka-Present), and the last 2000 years.…”

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“…Although with little metadata, δ 18 O time-series for other Holocene records are available at the National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI): CNKS-2, CNKS-3, CNKS-7, and CNKS-9 from Kesang Cave [22]; LH4, LH5, and LH9 from Lianhua Cave (Shanxi Province) [82]; XL2, XL16, and XL26 from Xianglong Cave [151]; A1 [222] and LHD5 [81] from Lianhua Cave (Hunan Province); and DA [8], D4 [45], and DAS [47] from Dongge Cave. The data from some additional published Holocene records are not publicly available, precluding their incorporation in this review: Xiangshui Cave [49,153], Dongge Cave [47], Nuanhe and Water Caves [223], Wanxiang Cave [27], Baigu Cave [41], Shigao Cave [125], Dark Cave [42], Magou Cave [86], Niu Cave [88], and Bengle Cave [26]. In this section, we used the most relevant Holocene records (from SISAL_v1 and other public repositories as indicated in Table 1) to discuss the long-term dynamic changes of ASM intensity and the interaction between the EASM and ISM during the Holocene on millennial to centennial timescales.…”

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The Asian Summer Monsoon: Teleconnections and Forcing Mechanisms—A Review from Chinese Speleothem δ18O Records

Zhang

Brahim

et al. 2019

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Asian summer monsoon (ASM) variability significantly affects hydro-climate, and thus socio-economics, in the East Asian region, where nearly one-third of the global population resides. Over the last two decades, speleothem δ 18 O records from China have been utilized to reconstruct ASM variability and its underlying forcing mechanisms on orbital to seasonal timescales. Here, we use the Speleothem Isotopes Synthesis and Analysis database (SISAL_v1) to present an overview of hydro-climate variability related to the ASM during three periods: the late Pleistocene, the Holocene, and the last two millennia. We highlight the possible global teleconnections and forcing mechanisms of the ASM on different timescales. The longest composite stalagmite δ 18 O record over the past 640 kyr BP from the region demonstrates that ASM variability on orbital timescales is dominated by the 23 kyr precessional cycles, which are in phase with Northern Hemisphere summer insolation (NHSI). During the last glacial, millennial changes in the intensity of the ASM appear to be controlled by North Atlantic climate and oceanic feedbacks. During the Holocene, changes in ASM intensity were primarily controlled by NHSI. However, the spatio-temporal distribution of monsoon rain belts may vary with changes in ASM intensity on decadal to millennial timescales.

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“…The Pacific climatic variability can, therefore, affect EASM precipitation (Tan, 2014). Cai et al (2010b) and Jiang et al (2012) argued for a significant impact of the western tropical Pacific sea surface temperature (SST) on the EASM precipitation. They proposed that the evolution and spatial asynchroneity of stalagmite-inferred Holocene precipitation histories at different AM regions could be attributed to SST changes in the western Pacific.…”

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Stalagmite-inferred variability of the Asian summer monsoon during the penultimate glacial–interglacial period

Shen

Huang

et al. 2014

Clim. Past

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Abstract. The orbital-timescale dynamics of the Quaternary Asian summer monsoons (ASM) are frequently attributed to precession-dominated northern hemispheric summer insolation. However, this long-term continuous ASM variability is inferred primarily from oxygen isotope records of stalagmites, mainly from Sanbao cave in mainland China, and may not provide a comprehensive picture of ASM evolution. A new spliced stalagmite oxygen isotope record from Yangkou cave tracks summer monsoon precipitation variation from 124 to 206 thousand years ago in Chongqing, southwest China. Our Yangkou record supports that the evolution of ASM was dominated by the North Hemisphere solar insolation on orbital timescales. When superimposed on the Sanbao record, the precipitation time series referred from Yangkou cave stalagmites supports the strong ASM periods at marine isotope stages (MIS) 6.3, 6.5, and 7.1 and weak ASM intervals at MIS 6.2, 6.4, and 7.0. This consistency confirms that ASM events affected most of mainland China. Except for the solar insolation forcing, the large amplitude of minimum δ 18 O values in Yangkou record during glacial period, such as MIS 6.5, could stem from the enhanced prevailing Pacific trade wind and/or continental shelf exposure in the Indo-Pacific warm pool.

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Stalagmite-inferred Holocene precipitation in northern Guizhou Province, China, and asynchronous termination of the Climatic Optimum in the Asian monsoon territory

Cited by 41 publications

References 33 publications

Multi-scale Holocene Asian monsoon variability deduced from a twin-stalagmite record in southwestern China

Multi-scale Holocene Asian monsoon variability deduced from a twin-stalagmite record in southwestern China

The Asian Summer Monsoon: Teleconnections and Forcing Mechanisms—A Review from Chinese Speleothem δ18O Records

Stalagmite-inferred variability of the Asian summer monsoon during the penultimate glacial–interglacial period

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