Variability of Southwest Indian summer monsoon precipitation during the Bølling-Ållerød

Research Article| October 01, 2005 Variability of Southwest Indian summer monsoon precipitation during the Bølling-Ållerød Ashish Sinha; Ashish Sinha 1Department of Earth Sciences, California State University, Dominguez Hills, Carson, California 90747, USA Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Kevin G. Cannariato; Kevin G. Cannariato 2 Department of Earth Sciences, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California 90089, USA Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Lowell D. Stott; Lowell D. Stott 2 Department of Earth Sciences, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California 90089, USA Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Hong-Chun Li; Hong-Chun Li 2 Department of Earth Sciences, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California 90089, USA Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Chen-Feng You; Chen-Feng You 3Department of Earth Sciences, National Cheng-Kung University, Taiwan 701, Republic of China Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Hai Cheng; Hai Cheng 4 Department of Geology and Geophysics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, USA Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar R. Lawrence Edwards; R. Lawrence Edwards 4 Department of Geology and Geophysics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, USA Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Indra B. Singh Indra B. Singh 5Department of Geology, Lucknow University, Lucknow 226002, India Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Author and Article Information Ashish Sinha 1Department of Earth Sciences, California State University, Dominguez Hills, Carson, California 90747, USA Kevin G. Cannariato 2 Department of Earth Sciences, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California 90089, USA Lowell D. Stott 2 Department of Earth Sciences, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California 90089, USA Hong-Chun Li 2 Department of Earth Sciences, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California 90089, USA Chen-Feng You 3Department of Earth Sciences, National Cheng-Kung University, Taiwan 701, Republic of China Hai Cheng 4 Department of Geology and Geophysics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, USA R. Lawrence Edwards 4 Department of Geology and Geophysics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, USA Indra B. Singh 5Department of Geology, Lucknow University, Lucknow 226002, India Publisher: Geological Society of America Received: 25 Feb 2005 Revision Received: 16 Jun 2005 Accepted: 18 Jun 2005 First Online: 03 Mar 2017 Online ISSN: 1943-2682 Print ISSN: 0091-7613 Geological Society of America Geology (2005) 33 (10): 813–816. https://doi.org/10.1130/G21498.1 Article history Received: 25 Feb 2005 Revision Received: 16 Jun 2005 Accepted: 18 Jun 2005 First Online: 03 Mar 2017 Cite View This Citation Add to Citation Manager Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email Permissions Search Site Citation Ashish Sinha, Kevin G. Cannariato, Lowell D. Stott, Hong-Chun Li, Chen-Feng You, Hai Cheng, R. Lawrence Edwards, Indra B. Singh; Variability of Southwest Indian summer monsoon precipitation during the Bølling-Ållerød. Geology 2005;; 33 (10): 813–816. doi: https://doi.org/10.1130/G21498.1 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Refmanager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All ContentBy SocietyGeology Search Advanced Search Abstract We have generated a high-resolution (<20 yr) 230Th-dated stalagmite oxygen isotope record from Timta Cave in the western Himalaya in India that documents Southwest Indian summer monsoon (ISM) precipitation variations during the Bølling-Ållerød interstadial from 15.2 to 11.7 ka. Compared with the glacial and Younger Dryas, ISM precipitation was enhanced during the Bølling-Ållerød. ISM precipitation was apparently coupled to variations in the East Asian monsoon and North Atlantic climate on millennial and multicentennial time scales during the deglaciation. Analyses of a high growth rate interval (<2.5 yr resolution) encompassing the late Bølling–early Ållerød suggest that multidecadal monsoon variability was an important aspect of ISM behavior at that time. The frequency spectrum of ISM precipitation during this time interval is similar to that of the Δ14C record and other ISM precipitation records during the latest Holocene. This raises the hypothesis that multidecadal climate dynamics during the late Bølling–early Ållerød may have been similar to those that operated during the last several millennia, even though the boundary conditions of these two time intervals were very different. You do not have access to this content, please speak to your institutional administrator if you feel you should have access.