A 900‐year (600 to 1500 A.D.) record of the Indian summer monsoon precipitation from the core monsoon zone of India

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Ashish Sinha · California State University, Dominguez Hills

Kevin G. Cannariato · University of Southern California

Lowell Stott · Southern California Earthquake Center

Hai Cheng · University of Minnesota

R. Lawrence Edwards · University of Minnesota

Madhusudan G. Yadava · Physical Research Laboratory

R. Ramesh

Abstract

We present a near‐annually resolved record of the Indian summer monsoon (ISM) rainfall variations for the core monsoon region of India that spans from 600 to 1500 A.D. from a 230 Th‐dated stalagmite oxygen isotope record from Dandak Cave. Our rainfall reconstruction, which spans the Medieval Warm Period (MWP) and the earliest portion of the Little Ice Age (LIA), indicates that the short instrumental record of ISM underestimates the magnitude of monsoon rainfall variability. Periods of severe drought, lasting decades, occurred during the 14th and mid 15th centuries and coincided with several of India's most devastating famines.

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Geology and Paleoclimatology Research Tree-ring climate responses Climate variability and models

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Published in: Geophysical Research Letters

Volume 34, Issue 16

DOI: 10.1029/2007gl030431

Field-Weighted Citation Impact: 5.36

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A 900‐year (600 to 1500 A.D.) record of the Indian summer monsoon precipitation from the core monsoon zone of India

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