Timing, Duration, and Transitions of the Last Interglacial Asian Monsoon

Yuan, Daoxian; Cheng, Hai; Lawrence Edwards, R.; A. Dykoski, Carolyn; J. Kelly, Megan; Zhang, Meiliang; Qing, Jiaming; Lin, Yushi; Wang, Yongjin; Wu, Jiangyin; A. Dorale, Jeffery; An, Zhisheng; Cai, Yanjun

doi:10.1126/science.1091220

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Timing, Duration, and Transitions of the Last Interglacial Asian Monsoon

Shared by NobleBlocks on Apr 23, 2004 • 12:00 AM UTC

Authors:

Daoxian Yuan

Hai Cheng

R. Lawrence Edwards

Abstract

Thorium-230 ages and oxygen isotope ratios of stalagmites from Dongge Cave, China, characterize the Asian Monsoon and low-latitude precipitation over the past 160,000 years. Numerous abrupt changes in 18 O/ 16 O values result from changes in tropical and subtropical precipitation driven by insolatio...

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