Deglaciation in the tropical Indian Ocean driven by interplay between the regional monsoon and global teleconnections

• Main Authors: Saraswat, R., Lea, D.W., Nigam, R., Mackensen, A., Naik, Dinesh K.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier 2013
• Subjects: deglaciation; surface temperature; palaeoclimatology; palaeoclimate; palaeotemperature; foraminifera; Hulu; Indian; Southern Ocean; Antarc*; Antarctica; North Atlantic; Sea ice
• Online Access: http://drs.nio.org/drs/handle/2264/4359

High resolution climate records of the ice age terminations from monsoon-dominated regions reveal the interplay of regional and global driving forces. Speleothem records from Chinese caves indicate that glacial terminations were interrupted by prominent weak monsoon intervals (WMI), lasting a few th...