Nature Communications (Aug 2018)

Precession-band variance missing from East Asian monsoon runoff

  • S. C. Clemens,
  • A. Holbourn,
  • Y. Kubota,
  • K. E. Lee,
  • Z. Liu,
  • G. Chen,
  • A. Nelson,
  • B. Fox-Kemper

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-05814-0
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 9, no. 1
pp. 1 – 12

Abstract

Read online

The underlying mechanisms driving the variability of the East Asia Monsoon during the late Pleistocene remain unclear. Here, the authors present a record of local precipitation and runoff from the East Chain Sea, which indicates strong sensitivity to greenhouse gases and high latitude ice sheet forcing.