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A 3000-yr Annually Laminated Stalagmite Record of the Last Glacial Maximum from Hulu Cave, China

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

Fucai Duan ,
Jiangying Wu ,
Yongjin Wang ,
R. Lawrence Edwards ,
Hai Cheng ,
Xinggong Kong  and
Weihong Zhang
Fucai Duan
Affiliation:
College of Geography Science, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing 210023, China
Jiangying Wu
Affiliation:
College of Geography Science, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing 210023, China
Yongjin Wang*
Affiliation:
College of Geography Science, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing 210023, China
R. Lawrence Edwards
Affiliation:
Department of Geology and Geophysics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA
Hai Cheng
Affiliation:
Department of Geology and Geophysics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA Institute of Global Environmental Change, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710049, China
Xinggong Kong
Affiliation:
College of Geography Science, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing 210023, China
Weihong Zhang
Affiliation:
College of Geography Science, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing 210023, China
*
*Corresponding author at: College of Geography Science, Nanjing Normal University, No. 1 Wenyuan Road, Nanjing 210023, China. Fax: +86 25 83598125., E-mail addresses:fcduan@foxmail.com (F. Duan), wujiangying@njnu.edu.cn (J.Wu), yjwang@njnu.edu.cn (Y.Wang), edwar001@umn.edu (R.L. Edwards), cheng021@umn.edu (H. Cheng), kongxinggong@njnu.edu.cn (X. Kong), whzhang89@foxmail.com (W. Zhang).
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Abstract

A high-resolution, annual layer-counted and 230Th-dated multi-proxy record is constructed from a stalagmite in Hulu Cave, China. These proxies, including δ18O, annual layer thickness (ALT), gray level (GL) and Sr/Ca, cover a time span of ~ 3000 yr from 21 to 24 ka. The physical proxies (ALT and GL) and the geochemical index (Sr/Ca), all primarily reflecting karst hydrological processes, vary in concert and their coherence is supported by wavelet analyses. Variations in the δ18O data agree with fluctuations in the ALT and Sr/Ca records on multi-decadal to centennial scales, suggesting that the Hulu δ18O signal is strongly associated with varying local rainfall amounts on short timescales. A monsoon failure event at ~ 22.2 ka correlates with a decrease in tropical rainfall, a reduction in global CH 4 and an ice-rafted event in the North Atlantic. This correlation highlights roles of the Asian monsoon and tropical hydrological cycle in modulating global CH 4, because the high-latitude emission was inhibited during the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM). Spectral analysis of the δ18O record displays peaks at periodicities of 139, 59, 53, 43, 30, 23 and 19"15 yr. The absence of typical centennial solar cycles may be related to muted changes in ocean circulation during the LGM.

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StalagmiteEast Asian summer monsoonMonsoon rainfallLast Glacial MaximumHulu Cave

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Quaternary Research , Volume 83 , Issue 2 , March 2015 , pp. 360 - 369
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