Holocene monsoon climate documented by oxygen and carbon isotopes from lake sediments and peat bogs in China: a review and synthesis

Zhang, Jiawu; Chen, Fahu; Holmes, Jonathan A.; Li, Hui; Guo, Xulin; Wang, Junlan; Li, Shuang; Lü, Yanbin; Zhao, Yan; Qiang, Mingrui

doi:10.1016/j.quascirev.2011.04.023

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“…Thus, the traditional view suggests that a warm and humid climate with a strong summer monsoon occurred during the first half of the Holocene in the ISM region (Fig. 6f, Wang et al, 2010;Zhang et al, 2011), coinciding with gradual changes in Northern Hemisphere summer insolation (Fig. 6c, Berger and Loutre, 1991).…”

Section: Structure Of the Holocene Climatic Optimummentioning

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“…However, stalagmite δ 18 O values are also influenced by seasonality of precipitation, moisture source and transport pathway, especially in eastern China (Breitenbach et al, 2010;Maher, 2008;Maher and Thompson, 2012;Pausata et al, 2011;Tan, 2014;Wang et al, 2001). In contrast, the timing and duration of the Holocene climatic optimum inferred from marine and lake sediment records differ from the speleothem record, possibly because of differences in temporal resolution, in the sensitivity of the proxy, and the lack of reliable chronologies (Hou et al, 2012;Sun et al, 2015;Zhang et al, 2011). In addition, there is also the potential of local differences in ISM precipitation response (Bird et al, 2014), and therefore there is a need for additional detailed paleoclimatic studies in the region.…”

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Holocene Asian monsoon evolution revealed by a pollen record from an alpine lake on the southeastern margin of the Qinghai–Tibetan Plateau, China

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Abstract. We present the results of pollen analyses from a 1105 cm long sediment core from Wuxu Lake in southwestern China, which depict the variations of the East Asian winter monsoon (EAWM) and the Indian summer monsoon (ISM) during the last 12.3 ka. During the period of 12.3 to 11.3 cal ka BP, the dominance of Betula forest and open alpine shrub and meadow around Wuxu Lake indicates a climate with relatively cold winters and dry summers, corresponding to the Younger Dryas event. Between 11.3 and 10.4 cal ka BP, further expansion of Betula forest and the retreat of alpine shrubs and meadows reflect a greater seasonality with cold winters and gradually increasing summer precipitation. From 10.4 to 4.9 cal ka BP, the dense forest understory, together with the gradual decrease in Betula forest and increase in Tsuga forest, suggest that the winters became warmer and summer precipitation was at a maximum, corresponding to the Holocene climatic optimum. Between 4.9 and 2.6 cal ka BP, Tsuga forest and alpine shrubs and meadows expanded significantly, reflecting relatively warm winters and decreased summer precipitation. Since 2.6 cal ka BP, reforestation around Wuxu Lake indicates a renewed humid period in the late Holocene; however, the vegetation in the catchment may also have been affected by grazing activity during this period. The results of our study are generally consistent with previous findings; however, the timing and duration of the Holocene climatic optimum from different records are inconsistent, reflecting real contrast in local rainfall response to the ISM. Overall, the EAWM is broadly inphase with the ISM on the orbital timescale, and both monsoons exhibit a trend of decreasing strength from the early to late Holocene, reflecting the interplay of solar insolation receipt between the winter and summer seasons and El Niño-Southern Oscillation strength in the tropical Pacific.

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Section: Structure Of the Holocene Climatic Optimummentioning

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Holocene Asian monsoon evolution revealed by a pollen record from an alpine lake on the southeastern margin of the Qinghai–Tibetan Plateau, China

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“…13b), Timta Cave, northern India (Sinha et al, 2005) and Tianmen Cave, Tibet (Cai et al, 2012), suggest that the Indian monsoon varied in concert with the East Asian monsoon during the Holocene (Cheng et al, 2012a). The basic structures of variability for the East Asian and Indian monsoons are remarkably similar, characterized by a broadly coherent pattern with a rather gradual long-term change that follows NH summer insolation (e.g., Yuan et al, 2004;Cheng et al, 2009bCheng et al, , 2012bCai et al, 2010aCai et al, , 2012Zhang et al, 2011). A similar pattern has also been observed in marine proxy records of the North African monsoon (Weldeab et al, 2007;deMenocal et al, 2000; Fig.…”

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The global monsoon across timescales: coherent variability of regional monsoons

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Abstract. Monsoon has earned increasing attention from the climate community since the last century, yet only recently have regional monsoons been recognized as a global system. It remains a debated issue, however, as to what extent and at which timescales the global monsoon can be viewed as a major mode of climate variability. For this purpose, a PAGES (Past Global Changes) working group (WG) was set up to investigate the concept of the global monsoon and its future research directions. The WG's synthesis is presented here. On the basis of observation and proxy data, the WG found that the regional monsoons can vary coherently, although not perfectly, at various timescales, varying between interannual, interdecadal, centennial, millennial, orbital and tectonic timescales, conforming to the global monsoon concept across timescales. Within the global monsoon system, each subsystem has its own features, depending on its geographic and topographic conditions. Discrimination between global and regional components in the monsoon system is a key to revealing the driving factors in monsoon variations; hence, the global monsoon concept helps to enhance our understanding and to improve future projections of the regional monsoons. This paper starts with a historical review of the global monsoon concept in both modern and paleoclimatology, and an assessment of monsoon proxies used in regional and global scales. The main body of the paper is devoted to a summary of observation data at various timescales, providing evidence of the coherent global monsoon system. The paper concludes with a projection of future monsoon shifts in a warming world. The synthesis will be followed by a companion paper addressing driving mechanisms and outstanding issues in global monsoon studies.

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“…Recent studies have attempted to decipher the phase relationship between the two monsoonal systems; however, evidence for both an in-phase (Zhao et al, 2009;Zhang et al, 2011) and an anti-phase (Hong et al, 2005;Wang et al, 2010) relationship during the Holocene has been proposed. Furthermore, few studies have considered the phase relationship between the two during the last glacial.…”

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“…Indeed, recent studies have focused on the phase relationship between the evolutions of these monsoon systems during the Holocene to decipher their global and local driving forces; however, the results are debated. Zhao et al (2009) and Zhang et al (2011) inferred a broadly synchronous climatic evolution throughout the Holocene across the two monsoon regions by synthesizing fossil pollen and carbonate d 18 O records in monsoonal China. In contrast, after reviewing 75 sets of time series data from central Asia relating to Holocene moisture patterns, Herzschuh (2006) suggested the asynchronous evolution of the ISM and EASM.…”

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Evolution of the Indian summer monsoon during the interval 32.7–11.4cal. ka BP: Evidence from the Baoxiu peat, Yunnan, southwest China

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Journal of Asian Earth Sciences

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Holocene monsoon climate documented by oxygen and carbon isotopes from lake sediments and peat bogs in China: a review and synthesis

Cited by 240 publications

References 85 publications

Holocene Asian monsoon evolution revealed by a pollen record from an alpine lake on the southeastern margin of the Qinghai–Tibetan Plateau, China

Holocene Asian monsoon evolution revealed by a pollen record from an alpine lake on the southeastern margin of the Qinghai–Tibetan Plateau, China

The global monsoon across timescales: coherent variability of regional monsoons

Evolution of the Indian summer monsoon during the interval 32.7–11.4cal. ka BP: Evidence from the Baoxiu peat, Yunnan, southwest China

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