Ding Xuan et al. (2000): Monsoon climate and paleo-oceanographic records of the Bay of Bengal during the late Quaternary

Leg/Site/Hole:
ODP 117
ODP 117 722
Identifier:
2009-024694
georefid

Creator:
Ding Xuan
Chinese University of Geosciences, Beijing, China
author

Fang Nianqiao
author

Wan Xiaoqiao
author

Identification:
Monsoon climate and paleo-oceanographic records of the Bay of Bengal during the late Quaternary
2000
Xiandai Dizhi = Geoscience
China University of Geosciences, Beijing, China
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3
295-300
As differences form between the heating of land and ocean, the characteristic monsoon climate of the Bay of Bengal is created. The formation, evolution and controlling factors of the monsoon in the studied district are analyzed in this paper. Results indicate that a strong salinity contrast is a direct response to the monsoonal climate regime which dominates the north Indian Ocean. The salinity changes reflected by delta (super 18) O values are analyzed. In the studied district, the south-west monsoon was stronger during the Holocene and Oxygen Isotope Stage 3 than during the last glacial maximum and Oxygen Isotope Stage 2. In contrast with the Arabian Sea, it seems the primary forcing factor of the South Asian monsoon is the changes in the distribution of solar radiation as determined by the procession of 23,000-year periodicity.
Chinese
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Coverage:Geographic coordinates:
North:18.2912
West:57.2212East: 60.4438
South:16.0748

Quaternary geology; Arabian Sea; Bay of Bengal; biochemistry; Cenozoic; Foraminifera; geochemical indicators; geochemistry; Holocene; Indian Ocean; Invertebrata; isotope ratios; isotopes; last glacial maximum; Leg 117; microfossils; monsoons; O-18/O-16; Ocean Drilling Program; ODP Site 722; oxygen; paleo-oceanography; paleoclimatology; paleoecology; paleosalinity; paleotemperature; Protista; Quaternary; solar radiation; stable isotopes; upper Quaternary;

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