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dc.contributor.authorChodankar, A.R.
dc.contributor.authorBanakar, V.K.
dc.contributor.authorOba, T.
dc.date.accessioned2008-02-22T05:31:31Z
dc.date.available2008-02-22T05:31:31Z
dc.date.issued2005
dc.identifier.citationGlobal and planetary change, Vol.47; 135-142p.
dc.identifier.urihttp://drs.nio.org/drs/handle/2264/986
dc.description.abstractNorthward flowing coastal currents along the western margin of India during winter-spring advect low-salinity Bay of Bengal water in to the Eastern Arabian Sea producing a distinct low-salinity tongue, the strength of which is largely governed by the freshwater flux to the bay during summer monsoons. Utilizing the sedimentary records of delta sup(18) O sub(G. sacculifer), the past salinity-gradient within that low-salinity tongue is reconstructed, which serves as a proxy for the variation in freshwater flux to the Bay of Bengal and hence summer monsoon intensity. The north-south contrast in the sea level corrected (residual)-delta sup(18) O sub(G. sacculifer) can be interpreted as a measure of surface salinity-contrast between those two locations because the modern sea surface temperature and its past variation in the study region is nearly uniform. The core-top residual- delta sup(18) O sub(G. sacculifer) contrast of 0.45 ppt between the two cores is assumed to reflect the modern surface salinity difference of 1 psu and serves as a calibration for past variations. The residual delta sup(18) O sub(G. sacculifer) contrast varies between approx. 0.2 ppt at approx. 75 ky B.P. (i.e., late-Marine Isotope Stage 5) and approx. 0.7 ppt at approx. 20 ky B.P. (i.e., Last Glacial Maximum), suggesting that the overall salinity difference between the northern- and southern-end of the low-salinity tongue has varied between approx. 0.6 and approx. 1.6 psu. Considerably reduced difference during the former period than the modern suggests substantially intensified and northward-extended low-salinity tongue due to intense summer monsoons than today. On the other hand, larger difference (approx. 1.6 psu) during the latter period indicates that the low-salinity tongue was significantly weakened or withdrawn due to weaker summer monsoons. Thus, the salinity-gradient in the eastern Arabian Sea low-salinity tongue can be used to understand the past variations in the Indian summer monsoons
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherElsevier
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dc.subjectpalaeo studies
dc.subjectcoastal currents
dc.subjectsalinity gradients
dc.subjectoxygen isotopes
dc.subjectsurface circulation
dc.subjectsea level changes
dc.subjectsurface temperature
dc.subjectsummer
dc.subjectmonsoons
dc.subjectforminifera
dc.subjectplankton
dc.titlePast 100 Ky surface salinity-gradient response in the eastern Arabian Sea to the summer monsoon variation recorded by delta super(18)O of G. sacculifer
dc.typeJournal Article


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