A new speleothem record of the penultimate deglacial: Insights into spatial variability and centennial-scale instabilities of East Asian monsoon

• Published in: Quaternary Science Reviews
• Main Authors: Xue, Gang, Cai, Yanjun, Ma, Le, Cheng, Xing, Cheng, Hai, Edwards, R. Lawrence, Li, Dong, Tan, Liangcheng
• Format: Report
• Language: English
• Published: PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD 2019
• Subjects: Stalagmite; Oxygen isotope; Penultimate deglaciation; Weak monsoon interval; Coastline shift; CHINESE CAVE RECORDS; HIGH-RESOLUTION; NORTH-ATLANTIC; SUMMER MONSOON; CLIMATE RECONSTRUCTION; SHANDONG PENINSULA; OXYGEN ISOTOPES; YOUNGER DRYAS; DONGGE CAVE; HULU CAVE; Physical Geography; Geology; Geography; Physical; Geosciences; Multidisciplinary; Hulu; North Atlantic
• Online Access: http://ir.ieecas.cn/handle/361006/14140; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2019.02.023

We present a highly resolved oxygen isotope (delta O-18) record of the penultimate glacial-interglacial transition from a 230 Th-dated stalagmite (SDI) from the Shangxiaofeng Cave in north-eastern China. Our delta O-18 record reveals two prominent features. First, the SDI delta O-18 record documents...