Indian summer monsoon during the last two millennia

作者:Anderson David M*; Baulcomb Corinne K; Duvivier Alice K; Gupta Anil K
来源:Journal of Quaternary Science, 2010, 25(6): 911-917.
DOI:10.1002/jqs.1369

摘要

The monsoon is a large-scale feature of the tropical atmospheric circulation, affecting people and economies in the world's most densely populated regions. Future trends due to natural variability and human-induced climate changes are uncertain. Palaeoclimate records can improve our understanding of monsoon dynamics and thereby reduce this uncertainty. Palaeoclimate records have revealed a dramatic decrease in the Asian summer monsoon since the early Holocene maximum 9 ka BP. Here we focus on the last 2 ka, where some records indicate an increasing trend in the summer monsoon. Analysing Globigerina bulloides upwelling records from the Arabian Sea, we find the weakest monsoon occurred 1500 a BP, with an increasing trend towards the present.

  • 出版日期2010-9