Timta Cave, India Stalagmite Oxygen Isotope Data Sinha, A.; Cannariato, K.G.; Stott, L.D.; Li, H-C.; You, C.-F.; Cheng, H.; Edwards, R.L.; Singh, I.B. Sinha, A. Cannariato, K.G. Stott, L.D. Li, H-C. You, C.-F. Cheng, H. Edwards, R.L. Singh, I.B. Monsoon earth science/paleoclimate/speleothems (age,null,null,calendar year before present,null,speleothems,null,null,N,null) earth science/paleoclimate/speleothems (delta 18O,calcium carbonate,null,per mil VPDB,null,speleothems,raw,isotope ratio mass spectrometry,N,null) earth science/paleoclimate/speleothems (Timta Cave>LATITUDE 29.8381>LONGITUDE 82.0336) We have generated a high-resolution (<20 yr) 230Th-dated stalagmite oxygen isotope record from Timta Cave in the western Himalaya in India that documents Southwest Indian summer monsoon (ISM) precipitation variations during the Bølling-Ållerød interstadial from 15.2 to 11.7 ka. Compared with the glacial and Younger Dryas, ISM precipitation was enhanced during the Bølling-Ållerød. ISM precipitation was apparently coupled to variations in the East Asian monsoon and North Atlantic climate on millennial and multicentennial time scales during the deglaciation. Analyses of a high growth rate interval (<2.5 yr resolution) encompassing the late Bølling-early Ållerød suggest that multidecadal monsoon variability was an important aspect of ISM behavior at that time. The frequency spectrum of ISM precipitation during this time interval is similar to that of the D14C record and other ISM precipitation records during the latest Holocene. This raises the hypothesis that multidecadal climate dynamics during the late Bølling-early Ållerød may have been similar to those that operated during the last several millennia, even though the boundary conditions of these two time intervals were very different. STUDY NOTES: High resolution oxygen isotope data (d18O) from a stalagmite collected in Timta Cave, India covering the Bølling-Ållerød interstadial (15.2 to 11.7 ka). NCDC-Paleoclimatology https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/data-access/paleoclimatology-data - Bauer Bruce Investigator : Sinha, A. Investigator : Cannariato, K.G. Investigator : Stott, L.D. Investigator : Li, H-C. Investigator : You, C.-F. Investigator : Cheng, H. Investigator : Edwards, R.L. Investigator : Singh, I.B. 2011-06-23 ONLINE Files online, ASCII https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/paleo/study/11712 https://www1.ncdc.noaa.gov/pub/data/paleo/speleothem/asia/india/timta2005.xls https://www1.ncdc.noaa.gov/pub/data/paleo/speleothem/asia/india/timta2005.txt https://www1.ncdc.noaa.gov/pub/data/paleo/speleothem/asia/india/timta2005.xls https://www1.ncdc.noaa.gov/pub/data/paleo/speleothem/asia/india/timta2005.txt English https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/paleo/study/11712 https://www1.ncdc.noaa.gov/pub/data/paleo/speleothem/asia/india/timta2005.xls https://www1.ncdc.noaa.gov/pub/data/paleo/speleothem/asia/india/timta2005.txt Sinha, A., K.G. Cannariato, L.D. Stott, H.-C. Li, C.-F. You, H. Cheng, R.L. Edwards, and I.B. Singh. 2005. Variability of Southwest Indian summer monsoon precipitation during the Bølling-Ållerød. Geology, Vol. 33, pp. 813-816, October, 2005, doi:10.1130/G21498.1 START YEAR: 15215 cal yr BP * END YEAR: 11664 cal yr BP 82.0336 29.8381 82.0336 29.8381