Late Glacial to Holocene Indian Summer Monsoon Variability Based upon Sediment Records Taken from the Bay of Bengal
Paleoclimatic records from the Bay of Bengal are rare. We reconstruct the sea-surface temperature (SST) and salinity from paired S18O and Mg/Ca measurements in planktonic foraminifera Globigerinoides ruber from the western Bay of Bengal core VM29-19. Our data suggest that SST and seawater S18O (S18O...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:3bd1676396f649a29fdca814df4e1ecc 2023-05-15T18:01:04+02:00 Late Glacial to Holocene Indian Summer Monsoon Variability Based upon Sediment Records Taken from the Bay of Bengal Harunur Rashid Emily England Lonnie Thompson Leonid Polyak 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z https://doaj.org/article/3bd1676396f649a29fdca814df4e1ecc EN eng Springer https://doaj.org/toc/1017-0839 https://doaj.org/toc/2311-7680 1017-0839 2311-7680 10.3319/TAO.2010.09.17.02(TibXS) https://doaj.org/article/3bd1676396f649a29fdca814df4e1ecc Terrestrial, Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, Vol 22, Iss 2, p 203 (2011) Indian summer monsoon Climate change Demise of ancient civilizations Geology QE1-996.5 Geophysics. Cosmic physics QC801-809 article 2011 ftdoajarticles 2022-12-30T23:25:26Z Paleoclimatic records from the Bay of Bengal are rare. We reconstruct the sea-surface temperature (SST) and salinity from paired S18O and Mg/Ca measurements in planktonic foraminifera Globigerinoides ruber from the western Bay of Bengal core VM29-19. Our data suggest that SST and seawater S18O (S18Osw) were ~3C colder and ~0.6 o/oo depleted, respectively, during the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM) compared to the early Holocene. The most enriched S18Osw values were found between 18.2 and 15.6 ka interval. Depleted LGM S18Osw values suggest a wet climate which freshened the Bay of Bengal sea surface. Our data further indicate that the monsoon was stronger in the Bolling/Allerod and weaker in the Younger Dryas periods. The most depleted early Holocene S18Osw values suggest that the monsoon was stronger and wetter resulting in a humid climate. After ~5 ka the Indian summer monsoon weakened significantly, indicating less dilution of the sea surface by the Ganges-Brahmaputra-Meghna outflow and/or less direct rainfall. We hypothesize that the prevailing late Holocene dry climate may have caused the diminishment and subsequent abandonment of the settlements of the great Indus Valley Civilizations. Our Bay of Bengal climate records are consistent with those from the Andaman Sea, corroborating broad regional changes in the Indian summer monsoon during the last 25 ka. The general pattern and timing of monsoon variability in the Bay of Bengal and Andaman Sea seems to parallel the Arabian Sea, Africa, and Asian ice cores and speleothem records suggesting that a common tropical forcing may have induced these abrupt climate changes. Article in Journal/Newspaper Planktonic foraminifera Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Indian |
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Paleoclimatic records from the Bay of Bengal are rare. We reconstruct the sea-surface temperature (SST) and salinity from paired S18O and Mg/Ca measurements in planktonic foraminifera Globigerinoides ruber from the western Bay of Bengal core VM29-19. Our data suggest that SST and seawater S18O (S18Osw) were ~3C colder and ~0.6 o/oo depleted, respectively, during the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM) compared to the early Holocene. The most enriched S18Osw values were found between 18.2 and 15.6 ka interval. Depleted LGM S18Osw values suggest a wet climate which freshened the Bay of Bengal sea surface. Our data further indicate that the monsoon was stronger in the Bolling/Allerod and weaker in the Younger Dryas periods. The most depleted early Holocene S18Osw values suggest that the monsoon was stronger and wetter resulting in a humid climate. After ~5 ka the Indian summer monsoon weakened significantly, indicating less dilution of the sea surface by the Ganges-Brahmaputra-Meghna outflow and/or less direct rainfall. We hypothesize that the prevailing late Holocene dry climate may have caused the diminishment and subsequent abandonment of the settlements of the great Indus Valley Civilizations. Our Bay of Bengal climate records are consistent with those from the Andaman Sea, corroborating broad regional changes in the Indian summer monsoon during the last 25 ka. The general pattern and timing of monsoon variability in the Bay of Bengal and Andaman Sea seems to parallel the Arabian Sea, Africa, and Asian ice cores and speleothem records suggesting that a common tropical forcing may have induced these abrupt climate changes. |
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Late Glacial to Holocene Indian Summer Monsoon Variability Based upon Sediment Records Taken from the Bay of Bengal |
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Late Glacial to Holocene Indian Summer Monsoon Variability Based upon Sediment Records Taken from the Bay of Bengal |
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Late Glacial to Holocene Indian Summer Monsoon Variability Based upon Sediment Records Taken from the Bay of Bengal |
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Late Glacial to Holocene Indian Summer Monsoon Variability Based upon Sediment Records Taken from the Bay of Bengal |
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Late Glacial to Holocene Indian Summer Monsoon Variability Based upon Sediment Records Taken from the Bay of Bengal |
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late glacial to holocene indian summer monsoon variability based upon sediment records taken from the bay of bengal |
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