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Sub-Orbital Scale variations in the Intensity of the Arabian Sea Monsoon

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1 Title contents.pdf (111.8Kb)
2 Introduction.pdf (97.07Kb)
3 Oceanography.pdf (717.2Kb)
4 chapter 2 Chronology.pdf (214.3Kb)
5 chapter 3 Hyrdro cycle.pdf (367.5Kb)
6 chapter 4 Holocene.pdf (1.033Mb)
7 chapter 5 Sea Level.pdf (221.2Kb)
8 chapter 6 Indian margin.pdf (739.2Kb)
9 chapter 7 productivity.pdf (330.2Kb)
10 Chapter 8 Synthesis.pdf (199.0Kb)
11 Appendix A methods.pdf (101.6Kb)
12 appendix B1.pdf (93.12Kb)
13 appendix b2.pdf (80.50Kb)
14 appendix B3.pdf (34.53Kb)
15 Appendix c1.pdf (57.93Kb)
16 Appendix C2.pdf (59.00Kb)
17 Appendix C3.pdf (56.22Kb)
18 Appendix C4.pdf (30.16Kb)
Date
07/2005
Author
Ivanochko, Tara S
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Abstract
A high-resolution multi-proxy reconstruction of the Arabian Sea Summer Monsoon (ASSM) intensity over the past 90,000 years has been determined using two marine sediment cores: one from the Somali margin and one from the Indian margin. This reconstruction indicates that changes in monsoon- induced upwelling, primary productivity and denitrification have varied in synchrony with Dansgaard-Oeschger (D-O) cycles. Increased monsoon intensity correlates with warm climate events (interstadials) and decreased monsoon intensity, which coincides with stadials and Heinrich Events, is confirmed by elevated dust concentrations in the marine cores. A comparison of the Somali and Indian margin cores with previously reported studies from the Northern and Western Basin allows the identification of discrete sediment signals from the Indus River, the Arabian Peninsula and from local riverine runoff. Sedimentary deposition on the Indian margin during interglacials is dominated by local terrestrial runoff, whereas during glacial periods increased dust input from the Arabian Peninsula is evident. Both signals are related to changes in the intensity of the ASSM. Monsoon intensity has decreased during the Holocene as the Intertropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ) has moved to a more southerly position. The ASSM-ITCZ relationship (increased ASSM intensity and a northern ITCZ, decreased ASSM intensity and a southern ITCZ) has remained consistent over the last glacial cycle suggesting that global millennial scale climatic variability is in part driven by modulations in tropical hydrological cycle. This ASSM reconstruction provides evidence that rearrangements in the tropical convection system affected atmospheric dust concentrations as well as the concentration and location of atmospheric water vapour. In addition to modulating terrestrial and marine emissions of greenhouse gases, variation in the tropical hydrological cycle provides a mechanism of amplifying and perpetuating millennial-scale climatic changes.
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http://hdl.handle.net/1842/760
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