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Tracking Indian Monsoon Variability from Changes in Sediment Provenance


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1 Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Prof. Rajendra Singh (Rajju Bhaiya) Institute of Physical Sciences for Study and Research, VBS Purvanchal University, Jaunpur 222 003, India
2 Physical Research Laboratory, Navrangpura, Ahmedabad 380 009, India
 

Terrestrial and marine sediments preserved on the Indian sub-continent and in seas/oceans around it are excellent archives for studying and reconstructing past variations in monsoonal climate. Based on the multiproxy studies on the sediment cores, a coherent relationship between the intensities of the monsoon and glacial–interglacial conditions and a strong atmospheric teleconnection between the Asian and North Atlantic climates has been suggested. Terrestrial sediment cores clearly established that the variations in the monsoonal climate and/or change in glacial extant played an important role in varying weathering/erosion in source regions and relative supply of sediments. Marine sediment studies presented a more complicated picture because their depositions were influenced by changes in sea-levels, movement of shorelines, river mouths, deltas and sea surface-circulations. A composite climate record suggested that the intensity of Indian SW monsoon has weakened and NE monsoon strengthened during glacial periods and vice-versa during the interglacial periods.

Keywords

Climate, Himalaya, Indian Monsoon, Sediment Cores, Sr–Nd Isotopes, Weathering-Erosion.
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Authors

Neeraj Awasthi
Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Prof. Rajendra Singh (Rajju Bhaiya) Institute of Physical Sciences for Study and Research, VBS Purvanchal University, Jaunpur 222 003, India
Jyotiranjan S. Ray
Physical Research Laboratory, Navrangpura, Ahmedabad 380 009, India

Abstract


Terrestrial and marine sediments preserved on the Indian sub-continent and in seas/oceans around it are excellent archives for studying and reconstructing past variations in monsoonal climate. Based on the multiproxy studies on the sediment cores, a coherent relationship between the intensities of the monsoon and glacial–interglacial conditions and a strong atmospheric teleconnection between the Asian and North Atlantic climates has been suggested. Terrestrial sediment cores clearly established that the variations in the monsoonal climate and/or change in glacial extant played an important role in varying weathering/erosion in source regions and relative supply of sediments. Marine sediment studies presented a more complicated picture because their depositions were influenced by changes in sea-levels, movement of shorelines, river mouths, deltas and sea surface-circulations. A composite climate record suggested that the intensity of Indian SW monsoon has weakened and NE monsoon strengthened during glacial periods and vice-versa during the interglacial periods.

Keywords


Climate, Himalaya, Indian Monsoon, Sediment Cores, Sr–Nd Isotopes, Weathering-Erosion.



DOI: https://doi.org/10.18520/cs%2Fv119%2Fi2%2F291-306