The Asian monsoon over the past 640,000 years and ice age terminations

• Main Authors: Cheng, Hai, Edwards, R. Lawrence, Sinha, Ashish, Spötl, Christoph, Yi, Liang, Chen, Shitao, Kelly, Megan, Kathayat, Gayatri, Wang, Xianfeng, Li, Xianglei, Kong, Xinggong, Wang, Yongjin, Ning, Youfeng, Zhang, Haiwei
• Other Authors: Earth Observatory of Singapore
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2020
• Subjects: Social sciences::Geography; Climate Change; Palaeoclimate
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/145017
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Oxygen isotope records from Chinese caves characterize changes in both the Asian monsoon and global climate. Here, using our new speleothem data, we extend the Chinese record to cover the full uranium/thorium dating range, that is, the past 640,000 years. The record's length and temporal precis...