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- Title
Strong coupling of centennial-scale changes of Asian monsoon and soil processes derived from stalagmite δ18O and δ13C records, southern China.
- Authors
Liu, Dianbing; Wang, Yongjin; Cheng, Hai; Edwards, R. Lawrence; Kong, Xinggong; Li, Ting-Yong
- Abstract
The paleoclimate application of speleothem δ 13 C is influenced by site-specific processes. Here we present four stalagmite δ 13 C records from two caves in southern China, covering early and late Marine Isotope Stage (MIS) 3 and the Holocene, to investigate the spatio-temporal pattern of calcite δ 13 C changes and the relationship with Asian monsoon (AM) variability. In each growth period, precessional- to millennial-scale changes are clear in the δ 18 O record. In contrast, millennial variability is absent in the δ 13 C record, which characterizes persistent centennial oscillations. However, centennial-scale δ 18 O variations agree well with those of δ 13 C, with a larger amplitude in δ 13 C changes (about twice that of δ 18 O). This suggests that soil humidity balance associated with regional hydrological circulations is important for these centennial δ 13 C changes, although evaporation-related kinetic fractionation can induce concurrent enrichments in δ 18 O and δ 13 C. In frequency, the detrended δ 18 O and δ 13 C records are coupled at a periodicity of about 300 yr during the last glacial period and 150 yr during the Holocene. Those centennial-scale δ 13 C variations are generally consistent with Greenland temperature variability, indicating a climate response over broad regions. Thus, strong co-variation of δ 18 O and δ 13 C records should have a climatic origin, even if it is amplified by kinetic effects.
- Subjects
CHINA; ASIA; MAGNETIC coupling; MONSOONS; SOIL mechanics; STALACTITES &; stalagmites; PALEOCLIMATOLOGY; HOLOCENE Epoch; HUMIDITY control
- Publication
Quaternary Research, 2016, Vol 85, Issue 3, p333
- ISSN
0033-5894
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1016/j.yqres.2016.02.008