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A 4 kyr stalagmite oxygen isotopic record of the past Indian Summer Monsoon in the Andaman Islands
Author(s) -
Laskar Amzad H.,
Yadava M. G.,
Ramesh R.,
Polyak V. J.,
Asmerom Y.
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
geochemistry, geophysics, geosystems
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.928
H-Index - 136
ISSN - 1525-2027
DOI - 10.1002/ggge.20203
Subject(s) - stalagmite , geology , chronology , monsoon , cave , period (music) , radiocarbon dating , climatology , proxy (statistics) , east asian monsoon , little ice age , speleothem , δ18o , physical geography , oceanography , paleontology , climate change , stable isotope ratio , holocene , geography , archaeology , physics , machine learning , quantum mechanics , computer science , acoustics
In order to reconstruct the activity of the Indian Summer Monsoon (ISM) during the last ∼4 kyr, two stalagmites from Baratang cave in Andaman Islands have been investigated for their temporal variations in δ 18 O. The chronology is provided by radiocarbon ages on the stalagmites. During 1800–2100 cal yr BP, we observed a significant increase in stalagmite δ 18 O that we infer is caused by the amount effect. This increase implies a strong reduction in the strength of the ISM that is correlated with the Roman Warm Period. Other proxy records in the region confirm a reduction in ISM activity during this time. Reduction in the ISM is also observed around 1500 and 400–800 cal yr BP; the latter period is the transition from the Medieval Warm Period to the Little Ice Age. The strongest monsoon in the last ∼4 kyr is observed during 800–1200 cal yr BP, the Medieval Warm Period.

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