Weldeab, Syee; Rühlemann, Carsten; Bookhagen, Bodo; Pausata, Francesco S R; Perez-Lua, M Fabiola (2019): δ18O time-series analyzed in G. ruber w. in sediment core SO126-39KL recovered from the northern Bay of Bengal [dataset]. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.901396, Supplement to: Weldeab, S et al. (2019): Enhanced Himalayan glacial melting during YD and H1 recorded in the northern Bay of Bengal. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, https://doi.org/10.1029/2018GC008065
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Abstract:
Ocean‐land thermal feedback mechanisms in the Indian Summer Monsoon (ISM) domain are an important but not well understood component of regional climate dynamics. Here we present a δ18O record analyzed in the mixed‐layer dwelling planktonic foraminifer Globigerinoides ruber (sensu stricto) from the northernmost Bay of Bengal (BoB). The δ18O time series provides a spatially integrated measure of monsoonal precipitation and Himalayan meltwater runoff into the northern BoB, and reveals two brief episodes of anomalously low δ18O values between 16.3±0.4 and 16±0.5 and 12.6±0.4 and 12.3±0.4 kyr BP. The timing of these events is centered at Heinrich Event 1 and the Younger Dryas, well‐known phases of weak northern hemisphere monsoon systems. Numerical climate model experiments, simulating Heinrich event‐like conditions, suggest a surface warming over the monsoon‐dominated Himalaya and foreland in response to ISM weakening. Corroborating the simulation results, our analysis of published moraine exposure ages in the monsoon‐dominated Himalaya indicates enhanced glacier retreats that, considering age model uncertainties, coincide and overlap with the episodes of anomalously low δ18O values in the northernmost BoB. Our climate proxy and simulation results provide insights into past regional climate dynamics suggesting reduced cloud cover, increased solar radiation, and air warming of the Himalaya and foreland areas and, as a result, glacier mass losses in response to weakened ISM.
Coverage:
Latitude: 20.206600 * Longitude: 89.707600
Date/Time Start: 1997-11-29T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1997-11-29T00:00:00
Minimum DEPTH, sediment/rock: 1.73 m * Maximum DEPTH, sediment/rock: 10.29 m
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| # | Name | Short Name | Unit | Principal Investigator | Method/Device | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | DEPTH, sediment/rock | Depth sed | m | Weldeab, Syee | Geocode | |
| 2 | AGE | Age | ka BP | Weldeab, Syee | Geocode | |
| 3 | Globigerinoides ruber white, δ18O | G. ruber w δ18O | ‰ PDB | Weldeab, Syee | Mass spectrometer, Finnigan, MAT 253 | size fraction 250-300 µm |
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