Variability of stalagmite-inferred Indian monsoon precipitation over the past 252,000 y

• Main Authors: Cai, Yanjun, Fung, Inez Y., Edwards, R. Lawrence, An, Zhisheng, Cheng, Hai, Lee, Jung-Eun, Tan, Liangcheng, Shen, Chuan-Chou, Wang, Xianfeng, Day, Jesse A., Zhou, Weijian, Kelly, Megan J., Chiang, John C. H.
• Other Authors: Earth Observatory of Singapore
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2015
• Subjects: Indian summer monsoon; stalagmite; δ18O; precipitation; glacial–interglacial
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/107132; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/25357
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

A speleothem δ18O record from Xiaobailong cave in southwest China characterizes changes in summer monsoon precipitation in Northeastern India, the Himalayan foothills, Bangladesh, and northern Indochina over the last 252 kyr. This record is dominated by 23-kyr precessional cycles punctuated by promi...