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[U03-01] Indian summer monsoon evolution during the last glacial termination
★Invited Papers
キーワード:Indian Summer Monsoon, Last Glacial Termination, Stalagmite, sub-decadal to multi-decadal resolved records
The glacial-interglacial evolution of the Indian summer monsoon (ISM) in the late Quaternary is primarily influenced by northern hemispheric summer insolation, alongside forcings from high latitudes and sea level changes. However, the detailed ISM process during glacial terminations remains elusive due to lacks of high-resolved and well-dated records. Here, we present sub-decadal-to-multi-decadal oxygen isotope (δ18O) records of two stalagmites from Klang Cave (8.3°N, 98.7°E), southern Thailand, to decipher the transitional ISM behaviours during the last glacial termination from 23.0-13.2 thousand years ago (ka, relative to AD 1950). Through modern observations, previous studies, and alignment with records from multiple caves located within the monsoonal region, it is evident that Klang δ18O data capture regional precipitation patterns and ISM histories. The 10-kyr Klang records generally anti-correlate with Liang Luar records from Flores (8.5°S), attributed to shifts in the mean position of the intertropical convergence zone. During 16.0-14.3 ka, Klang records, anchored by 35 U-Th ages with 2-sigma precision of ±10s years, exhibit four abrupt stepwise enhancements of ISM at 15.5, 15.1, 14.7, and 14.3 ka, spanning from sub-decadal to multi-decadal scales. These climate shifts could be either induced by North Atlantic climate change or forcings from bi-hemispheric low/high latitudes. We hypothesize that the accumulation of oceanic heat content might be the key for triggering the observed non-linear ISM changes during the last glacial termination.