Sushma Prasad, A. Anoop, N. Riedel, Saswati Sarkar, P. Menzel, Nathani Basavaiah, R. Krishnan, D. Fuller, Birgit Plessen, B. Gaye, U. Roehl, H. Wilkes, Dirk Sachse, R. Sawant, M. G. Wiesner, M. Stebich
- Concerns about the regional impact of global climate change in a warming scenario have highlighted the gaps in our understanding of the Indian Summer Monsoon (ISM, also referred to as the Indian Ocean summer monsoon) and the absence of long term palaeoclimate data from the central Indian core monsoon zone (CMZ). Here we present the first high resolution, well-dated, multiproxy reconstruction of Holocene palaeoclimate from a 10 m long sediment core raised from the Lonar Lake in central India. We show that while the early Holocene onset of-intensified monsoon in the CMZ is similar to that reported from other ISM records, the Lonar data shows two prolonged droughts (PD, multidecadal to centennial periods of weaker monsoon) between 4.6-3.9 and 2-0.6 cal ka. A comparison of our record with available data from other ISM influenced sites shows that the impact of these PD was observed in varying degrees throughout the ISM realm and coincides with intervals of higher solar irradiance. We demonstrate that (i) the regional warming in theConcerns about the regional impact of global climate change in a warming scenario have highlighted the gaps in our understanding of the Indian Summer Monsoon (ISM, also referred to as the Indian Ocean summer monsoon) and the absence of long term palaeoclimate data from the central Indian core monsoon zone (CMZ). Here we present the first high resolution, well-dated, multiproxy reconstruction of Holocene palaeoclimate from a 10 m long sediment core raised from the Lonar Lake in central India. We show that while the early Holocene onset of-intensified monsoon in the CMZ is similar to that reported from other ISM records, the Lonar data shows two prolonged droughts (PD, multidecadal to centennial periods of weaker monsoon) between 4.6-3.9 and 2-0.6 cal ka. A comparison of our record with available data from other ISM influenced sites shows that the impact of these PD was observed in varying degrees throughout the ISM realm and coincides with intervals of higher solar irradiance. We demonstrate that (i) the regional warming in the Indo-Pacific Warm Pool (IPWP) plays an important role in causing ISM PD through changes in meridional overturning circulation and position of the anomalous Walker cell; (ii) the long term influence of conditions like El Nino-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) on the ISM began only ca. 2 cal ka BP and is coincident with the warming of the southern IPWP; (iii) the first settlements in central India coincided with the onset of the first PD and agricultural populations flourished between the two PD, highlighting the significance of natural climate variability and PD as major environmental factors affecting human settlements.…
MetadatenAuthor details: | Sushma PrasadORCiD, A. Anoop, N. Riedel, Saswati Sarkar, P. Menzel, Nathani Basavaiah, R. Krishnan, D. Fuller, Birgit PlessenORCiDGND, B. Gaye, U. Roehl, H. Wilkes, Dirk SachseORCiDGND, R. Sawant, M. G. Wiesner, M. Stebich |
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DOI: | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2014.01.043 |
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ISSN: | 0012-821X |
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ISSN: | 1385-013X |
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Title of parent work (English): | Earth & planetary science letters |
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Publisher: | Elsevier |
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Place of publishing: | Amsterdam |
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Publication type: | Article |
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Language: | English |
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Year of first publication: | 2014 |
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Publication year: | 2014 |
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Release date: | 2017/03/27 |
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Tag: | ENSO; Holocene; Indian summer monsoon; Lonar Lake; prolonged droughts |
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Volume: | 391 |
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Number of pages: | 12 |
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First page: | 171 |
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Last Page: | 182 |
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Funding institution: | German Research Foundation [FOR 1380]; DFG-Leibniz Center for Surface
Process and Climate Studies at the University of Potsdam; DFG Graduate
School [GRK 1364] |
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Organizational units: | Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Fakultät / Institut für Geowissenschaften |
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Peer review: | Referiert |
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Institution name at the time of the publication: | Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Fakultät / Institut für Erd- und Umweltwissenschaften |
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