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A 500,000 year record of Indian summer monsoon dynamics recorded by eastern equatorial Indian Ocean upper water-column structure

A 500,000 year record of Indian summer monsoon dynamics recorded by eastern equatorial Indian Ocean upper water-column structure
A 500,000 year record of Indian summer monsoon dynamics recorded by eastern equatorial Indian Ocean upper water-column structure
The Indian Summer Monsoon (ISM) is an inter-hemispheric and highly variable ocean–atmosphere–land interaction that directly affects the densely populated Indian subcontinent. Here, we present new records of palaeoceanographic variability that span the last 500,000 years from the eastern equatorial Indian Ocean, a relatively under-sampled area of ISM influence. We have generated carbon and oxygen stable isotope records from three foraminiferal species from Ocean Drilling Program Site 758 (5°N, 90°E) to investigate the oceanographic history of this region. We interpret our resultant ??18O (surface-thermocline) record of upper water-column stratification in the context of past ISM variability, and compare orbital phase relationships in our Site 758 data to other climate and monsoon proxies in the region. Results suggest that upper water-column stratification at Site 758, which is dominated by variance at precession and half-precession frequencies (23, 19 and 11 ka), is forced by both local (5°N) insolation and ISM winds. In the precession (23 ka) band, stratification minima at Site 758 lag northern hemisphere summer insolation maxima (precession minima) by 9 ka, which is consistent with Arabian Sea ISM phase estimates and suggests a common wind forcing in both regions. This phase implicates a strong sensitivity to both ice volume and southern hemisphere insolation forcing via latent heat export from the southern subtropical Indian Ocean. Additionally, we find evidence of possible overprinting of millennial-scale events during glacial terminations in our stratification record, which suggests an influence of remote abrupt climate events on ISM dynamics.
Monsoon, Indian Ocean, Stratification, Wind, Precession, Half-precession, Millennial
0277-3791
167-180
Bolton, Clara T.
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Chang, Liao
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Clemens, Steven C.
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Medina-Elizalde, Martin
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Paterson, Greig A.
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Bolton, Clara T.
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Chang, Liao
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Clemens, Steven C.
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Roberts, Andrew P.
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Rohling, Eelco J.
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Bolton, Clara T., Chang, Liao, Clemens, Steven C., Kodama, Kazuto, Ikehara, Minoru, Medina-Elizalde, Martin, Paterson, Greig A., Roberts, Andrew P., Rohling, Eelco J., Yamamoto, Yuhji and Zhao, Xiang (2013) A 500,000 year record of Indian summer monsoon dynamics recorded by eastern equatorial Indian Ocean upper water-column structure. Quaternary Science Reviews, 77, 167-180. (doi:10.1016/j.quascirev.2013.07.031).

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Abstract

The Indian Summer Monsoon (ISM) is an inter-hemispheric and highly variable ocean–atmosphere–land interaction that directly affects the densely populated Indian subcontinent. Here, we present new records of palaeoceanographic variability that span the last 500,000 years from the eastern equatorial Indian Ocean, a relatively under-sampled area of ISM influence. We have generated carbon and oxygen stable isotope records from three foraminiferal species from Ocean Drilling Program Site 758 (5°N, 90°E) to investigate the oceanographic history of this region. We interpret our resultant ??18O (surface-thermocline) record of upper water-column stratification in the context of past ISM variability, and compare orbital phase relationships in our Site 758 data to other climate and monsoon proxies in the region. Results suggest that upper water-column stratification at Site 758, which is dominated by variance at precession and half-precession frequencies (23, 19 and 11 ka), is forced by both local (5°N) insolation and ISM winds. In the precession (23 ka) band, stratification minima at Site 758 lag northern hemisphere summer insolation maxima (precession minima) by 9 ka, which is consistent with Arabian Sea ISM phase estimates and suggests a common wind forcing in both regions. This phase implicates a strong sensitivity to both ice volume and southern hemisphere insolation forcing via latent heat export from the southern subtropical Indian Ocean. Additionally, we find evidence of possible overprinting of millennial-scale events during glacial terminations in our stratification record, which suggests an influence of remote abrupt climate events on ISM dynamics.

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Published date: October 2013
Keywords: Monsoon, Indian Ocean, Stratification, Wind, Precession, Half-precession, Millennial
Organisations: Geology & Geophysics, Paleooceanography & Palaeoclimate

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Local EPrints ID: 359541
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/359541
ISSN: 0277-3791
PURE UUID: e04f443d-752b-4213-9a7b-3edbe5aaf525
ORCID for Eelco J. Rohling: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0001-5349-2158

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Date deposited: 04 Nov 2013 10:40
Last modified: 15 Mar 2024 02:47

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Author: Clara T. Bolton
Author: Liao Chang
Author: Steven C. Clemens
Author: Kazuto Kodama
Author: Minoru Ikehara
Author: Martin Medina-Elizalde
Author: Greig A. Paterson
Author: Andrew P. Roberts
Author: Yuhji Yamamoto
Author: Xiang Zhao

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