Westerly-monsoon variations since the last deglaciation from semi-arid Ladakh region, Trans Himalaya, India

Comment on egusphere-2024-820

“…They argued that the monsoon dominated throughout much of the region in the Late Pleistocene (∼80-35 ka), and that the region was then westerly-dominated from 32-17 ka, consistent with the analysis in Ganju et al (2018). Nag et al (2023) analysed lake sediments in Ladakh and placed the WD-dominated period slightly later -during the post-glaciation from 19.6 to 11.1 ka. Within this, they identified a particularly wet period from 17.4 to 16.5 ka.…”

“…Both Phartiyal and Nag (2022) and Nag et al (2023) agreed that the summer monsoon dominated the climate of Ladakh throughout almost the whole early Holocene, with WDs starting to dominate again around the end of this period (8-7.5 ka). This view was not shared in the review by Phartiyal et al (2022), who argued that the early Holocene was in fact WD dominated, except for arid periods between 10.8-10 ka and 8.8-8.6 ka.…”