Strong coupling of Asian Monsoon and Antarctic climates on sub-orbital timescales

• Main Authors: Kong, Xinggong, Liu, Dianbing, Chen, Shitao, Wang, Yongjin, Cheng, Hai, Edwards, R. Lawrence, Wang, Xianfeng
• Other Authors: Earth Observatory of Singapore
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2019
• Subjects: Attribution; Palaeoclimate; Science::Geology
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/84617; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/50427
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

There is increasing evidence that millennial-scale climate variability played an active role on orbital-scale climate changes, but the mechanism for this remains unclear. A 230Th-dated stalagmite δ18O record between 88 and 22 thousand years (ka) ago from Yongxing Cave in central China characterizes...