The variations in the East Asian summer monsoon over the past 3 kyrs and the controlling factors

Abstract The mechanisms driving the variations in the centennial-scale East Asian summer monsoon (EASM) remain unclear. Here, we use the δ18O records from adult ostracode shells to reconstruct the EASM variations over the last 3 kyrs in southwestern Japan. A common variation with a 200 yr periodicit...

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Main Authors: Katsura Yamada, Kazuma Kohara, Minoru Ikehara, Koji Seto
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2019-03-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-41359-y