Ref ID:	28576
Ref Type:	Journal Article
Authors:	Yuan, Daoxian Cheng, Hai Edwards, R. Lawrence Dykoski, Carolyn A. Kelly, Megan J. Zhang, Meiliang Qing, Jiaming Lin, Yushi Wang, Yongjin Wu, Jiangyin Dorale, Jeffery A. An, Zhisheng Cai, Yanjun
Title:	Timing, duration, and transitions of the last interglacial Asian monsoon
Date:	2004
Source:	Science
DOI:	10.1126/science.1091220
Abstract:	Thorium-230 ages and oxygen isotope ratios of stalagmites from Dongge Cave, China, characterize the Asian Monsoon and low-latitude precipitation over the past 160,000 years. Numerous abrupt changes in 18O/16O values result from changes in tropical and subtropical precipitation driven by insolation and millennial-scale circulation shifts. The Last Interglacial Monsoon lasted 9.7 ± 1.1 thousand years, beginning with an abrupt (less than 200 years) drop in 18O/16O values 129.3 ± 0.9 thousand years ago and ending with an abrupt (less than 300 years) rise in 18O/16O values 119.6 ± 0.6 thousand years ago. The start coincides with insolation rise and measures of full interglacial conditions, indicating that insolation triggered the final rise to full interglacial conditions.
Date Created:	10/28/2011
Volume:	304
Number:	5670
Page Start:	575
Page End:	578