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Onset and maturation of Asian summer monsoon precipitation reconstructed from intra-annual tree-ring oxygen isotopes from the southeastern Tibetan Plateau

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Chenxi Xu Open the ORCID record for Chenxi Xu [Opens in a new window] ,
Haifeng Zhu ,
S.-Y. Simon Wang ,
Feng Shi ,
Wenling An ,
Zhen Li ,
Masaki Sano ,
Takeshi Nakatsuka  and
Zhengtang Guo
Chenxi Xu*
Affiliation:
Key Laboratory of Cenozoic Geology and Environment, Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing100029, China CAS Center for Excellence in Life and Paleoenvironment, Beijing100044, China
Haifeng Zhu
Affiliation:
Key Laboratory of Alpine Ecology and Biodiversity, Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing100085, China
S.-Y. Simon Wang
Affiliation:
Department of Plants, Soils, and Climate, Utah State University, Logan84322, Utah, USA
Feng Shi
Affiliation:
Key Laboratory of Cenozoic Geology and Environment, Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing100029, China CAS Center for Excellence in Life and Paleoenvironment, Beijing100044, China
Wenling An
Affiliation:
Key Laboratory of Cenozoic Geology and Environment, Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing100029, China CAS Center for Excellence in Life and Paleoenvironment, Beijing100044, China
Zhen Li
Affiliation:
Graduate School of Environment Studies, Nagoya University, Nagoya464-8601, Japan
Masaki Sano
Affiliation:
Faculty of Human Sciences, Waseda University, 2-579-15 Mikajima, Tokorozawa359-1192, Japan
Takeshi Nakatsuka
Affiliation:
Graduate School of Environment Studies, Nagoya University, Nagoya464-8601, Japan
Zhengtang Guo
Affiliation:
Key Laboratory of Cenozoic Geology and Environment, Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing100029, China CAS Center for Excellence in Life and Paleoenvironment, Beijing100044, China University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing100049, China
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*Corresponding author at: Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, No. 19, Beitucheng Western Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing100029, China. E-mail address: [email protected] (C. Xu).
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Abstract

We present a long-term seasonal tree ring cellulose oxygen isotope (δ18Oc) time series created by analyzing four segments (S1, S2, S3, and S4) per year during the period of 1951–2009 from southeastern Tibetan Plateau. This intraseasonal δ18Oc reveals the onset and mature phase of the summer monsoon precipitation in this region. Analysis indicates that the δ18Oc of S1 has the strongest correlation with precipitation during the regional monsoon onset (29–33 pentads, May 21–June 10, r = −0.69), and the δ18Oc values for S2, S3, and S4 correlate strongly with June, July, and August precipitation, respectively. Combined δ18Oc of S2, S3, and S4 shows the most robust correlation (r = −0.82) with the mature-phase monsoon precipitation (June-July-August, JJA), passing rigorous statistical tests for calibration and verification in dendroclimatology. These results demonstrate the feasibility in using long-term intraseasonal δ18Oc to reconstruct the Asian summer monsoon's intraseasonal variations.

Keywords

Tree-ring oxygen isotopesAbies georgeiMonsoon onset and mature phaseAsian summer monsoonSoutheastern Tibetan Plateau
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Thematic Set: Eurasian Climate and Environment
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Quaternary Research , Volume 103 , September 2021 , pp. 139 - 147
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Copyright © University of Washington. Published by Cambridge University Press, 2020

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