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Zhou et al. 2008 Suozi Cave, China MIS 5 Speleothem Stable Isotope Data

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Zhou, H.,Zhao, J.-x.,Zhang, P.,Shen, C.-C. ,Chi, B.,Feng, Y.,Lin, Y.,Guan, H.,You, C.-F. 2008 Decoupling of stalagmite-derived Asian summer monsoon records from North Atlantic temperature change during marine oxygen isotope stage 5d. Quaternary Research Vol. 70, Issue 2, pp. 315-321, September 2008

Data Coverage North: 32.43 * South: 32.43
West: 107.17 * East: 107.17
Altitude: 700 m

Start Year: -117340 AD   End Year: -100810 AD

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  speleothem/china/suozi2008.txt

Summary:

The Asian monsoon is an important component of the global climate system. Seasonal variations in wind, rainfall, and temperature associated with the Asian monsoon systems affect a vast expanse of tropical and subtropical Asia. Speleothem-derived summer monsoon variation in East Asia was previously found to be closely associated with millennial-scale change in temperature in the North Atlantic region between 75 and 10 ka. New evidence recovered from East Asia, however, suggests that the teleconnection between summer monsoon in East Asia and temperature change in the North Atlantic region may have significantly reduced during 120 to ~ 110 ka, a period directly after the full last interglaciation and corresponding roughly to marine oxygen isotope stage 5d. This reduction may be due to the low ice volume in the North Hemisphere at that time, which makes the millennial-scale change in temperature in the North Atlantic region less effective in influencing the Asian summer monsoon. This is important for investigating the mechanisms controlling the Asian summer monsoon and the paleoclimatic teleconnection between East Asia and the North Atlantic region, and for predicting monsoon- associated precipitation in East Asia under a global-warming trend.
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