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Holocene climate change in southern Oman deciphered by speleothem records and climate model simulations

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  • Ye Tian

    (Xi’an Jiaotong University)

  • Dominik Fleitmann

    (University of Basel)

  • Qiong Zhang

    (Stockholm University)

  • Lijuan Sha

    (Xi’an Jiaotong University)

  • Jasper. A. Wassenburg

    (Center for Climate Physics, Institute for Basic Science
    Pusan National University)

  • Josefine Axelsson

    (Stockholm University)

  • Haiwei Zhang

    (Xi’an Jiaotong University)

  • Xianglei Li

    (Chinese Academy of Sciences)

  • Jun Hu

    (Xiamen University)

  • Hanying Li

    (Xi’an Jiaotong University)

  • Liang Zhao

    (Nanjing Normal University)

  • Yanjun Cai

    (Xi’an Jiaotong University)

  • Youfeng Ning

    (Xi’an Jiaotong University)

  • Hai Cheng

    (Xi’an Jiaotong University
    Chinese Academy of Sciences)

Abstract

Qunf Cave oxygen isotope (δ18Oc) record from southern Oman is one of the most significant of few Holocene Indian summer monsoon cave records. However, the interpretation of the Qunf δ18Oc remains in dispute. Here we provide a multi-proxy record from Qunf Cave and climate model simulations to reconstruct the Holocene local and regional hydroclimate changes. The results indicate that besides the Indian summer monsoon, the North African summer monsoon also contributes water vapor to southern Oman during the early to middle Holocene. In principle, Qunf δ18Oc values reflect integrated oxygen-isotope fractionations over a broad moisture transport swath from moisture sources to the cave site, rather than local precipitation amount alone, and thus the Qunf δ18Oc record characterizes primary changes in the Afro-Asian monsoon regime across the Holocene. In contrast, local climate proxies appear to suggest an overall slightly increased or unchanged wetness over the Holocene at the cave site.

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  • Ye Tian & Dominik Fleitmann & Qiong Zhang & Lijuan Sha & Jasper. A. Wassenburg & Josefine Axelsson & Haiwei Zhang & Xianglei Li & Jun Hu & Hanying Li & Liang Zhao & Yanjun Cai & Youfeng Ning & Hai Che, 2023. "Holocene climate change in southern Oman deciphered by speleothem records and climate model simulations," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 14(1), pages 1-10, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcom:v:14:y:2023:i:1:d:10.1038_s41467-023-40454-z
    DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-40454-z
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