Evidence for Holocene changes in Australian-Indonesian monsoon rainfall from stalagmite trace element and stable isotope ratios

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dc.contributor.authorGriffiths, MLen_AU
dc.contributor.authorDrysdale, RNen_AU
dc.contributor.authorGagan, MKen_AU
dc.contributor.authorFrisia, Sen_AU
dc.contributor.authorZhao, JXen_AU
dc.contributor.authorAyliffe, LKen_AU
dc.contributor.authorHantoro, WSen_AU
dc.contributor.authorHellstrom, JCen_AU
dc.contributor.authorFischer, MJen_AU
dc.contributor.authorFeng, YXen_AU
dc.contributor.authorSuwargadi, BWen_AU
dc.date.accessioned2010-04-16T06:29:16Zen_AU
dc.date.accessioned2010-04-30T05:08:27Zen_AU
dc.date.available2010-04-16T06:29:16Zen_AU
dc.date.available2010-04-30T05:08:27Zen_AU
dc.date.issued2010-03-15en_AU
dc.date.statistics2010-03-15en_AU
dc.description.abstractTrace element and stable isotope ratios from an active stalagmite (LR06-B1) recovered from Liang Luar Cave on the island of Flores (eastern Indonesia) are used to reconstruct the position of the austral summer inter-tropical convergence zone and Australian-Indonesian summer monsoon variability during the Holocene. Uranium-series dating of the stalagmite shows that it commenced growth 12,640 years ago , with hiatuses spanning 8,560 to 6,420 and 3,670 to 2,780 years ago. Stalagmite Mg/Ca and Sr/Ca ratios correlate significantly with one another, and with δ18O and δ13C, throughout the record. This suggests that the Mg/Ca and Sr/Ca ratios are dominated by prior calcite precipitation, a process whereby degassing in the vadose zone during periods of low recharge causes deposition of calcite and disproportionate loss of Ca2+ ions (relative to Mg2+ and Sr2+) ‘upstream’ of the stalagmite. The degree of initial 234U/238U disequilibrium also appears to have been controlled by recharge to the overlying aquifer. Together with the Mg/Ca, Sr/Ca, and δ18O values, the initial uranium isotope activity ratios ([234U/238U]I) imply a generally drier early Holocene, coincident with a lower sea level and lower Southern Hemisphere summer insolation. Comparison of speleothem δ18O time-series from Flores and Borneo shows that they vary in unison for much of the Holocene. However, there is a significant decrease in the Borneo δ18O record ~6,000 to 4,000 years ago that does not occur in the Flores record. This anomaly may be related to a change in the Australian-Indonesian summer monsoon circulation in response to a protracted positive phase of the Indian Ocean Dipole. Under this scenario, stronger upwelling off of western Indonesia would, based on present-day effects, result in reduced summer convective activity over Flores and a subsequent northward shift of the intertropical convergence zone. © 2010, Elsevier Ltd.en_AU
dc.identifier.citationGriffiths, M. L., Drysdale, R. N., Gagan, M. K., Frisia, S., Zhao, J. X., Ayliffe, L. K., Hantoro, W S., Hellstrom, J. C., Fischer, M. J., Feng, Y. X., & Suwargadi, B. W. (2010). Evidence for Holocene changes in Australian-Indonesian monsoon rainfall from stalagmite trace element and stable isotope ratios. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 292(1-2), 27-38. doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2010.01.002en_AU
dc.identifier.govdoc1544en_AU
dc.identifier.issn0012-821Xen_AU
dc.identifier.issue1-2en_AU
dc.identifier.journaltitleEarth and Planetary Science Lettersen_AU
dc.identifier.pagination27-38en_AU
dc.identifier.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2010.01.002en_AU
dc.identifier.urihttp://apo.ansto.gov.au/dspace/handle/10238/3171en_AU
dc.identifier.volume292en_AU
dc.language.isoenen_AU
dc.publisherElsevieren_AU
dc.subjectTrace amountsen_AU
dc.subjectStable isotopesen_AU
dc.subjectIndian Oceanen_AU
dc.subjectMonsoonsen_AU
dc.subjectIndonesiaen_AU
dc.subjectQuaternary perioden_AU
dc.titleEvidence for Holocene changes in Australian-Indonesian monsoon rainfall from stalagmite trace element and stable isotope ratiosen_AU
dc.typeJournal Articleen_AU
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