A high-resolution absolute-dated late pleistocene monsoon record from Hulu Cave, China

Y. J. Wang; Hai Cheng; Larry Edwards; Z. S. An; J. Y. Wu; C. C. Shen; J. A. Dorale

doi:10.1126/science.1064618

A high-resolution absolute-dated late pleistocene monsoon record from Hulu Cave, China

Y. J. Wang, Hai Cheng, Larry Edwards, Z. S. An, J. Y. Wu, C. C. Shen, J. A. Dorale

Earth and Environmental Sciences-Twin Cities

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Oxygen isotope records of five stalagmites from Hulu Cave near Nanjing bear a remarkable resemblance to oxygen isotope records from Greenland ice cores, suggesting that East Asian Monsoon intensity changed in concert with Greenland temperature between 11,000 and 75,000 years before the present (yr. B.P.). Between 11,000 and 30,000 yr. B.P., the timing of changes in the monsoon, as established with ²³⁰Th dates, generally agrees with the timing of temperature changes from the Greenland Ice Sheet Project Two (GISP2) core, which supports GISP2's chronology in this interval. Our record links North Atlantic climate with the meridional transport of heat and moisture from the warmest part of the ocean where the summer East Asian Monsoon originates.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	2345-2348
Number of pages	4
Journal	Science
Volume	294
Issue number	5550
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1064618
State	Published - Dec 14 2001

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