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The precession phase of hydrological variability in the Western Pacific Warm Pool during the past 400 ka

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The low-latitude hydrological cycle is a key climate parameter on different timescales, as it contributes to various feedback processes. Modelling studies suggest that the interhemispheric insolation contrast is the major factor controlling the cycle, although the influence of glacial conditions and the phase relationships relative to insolation forcing remain undetermined. In this work, we studied precipitation variability over Papua New Guinea (PNG, 3 degrees S) for the past 400 ka using terrigenous fractions transported by the Sepik River to the Western Pacific Warm Pool (WPWP). A multi-decadal to centennial resolution of the elemental content was obtained using X-ray fluorescence scanning of a marine sediment core using an age model based on (14)C dates and benthic foraminiferal delta(18)O. Indicators of the coarse river particulate fraction (bulk and CaCO(3)-free basis Ti concentrations, the log intensity ratios of Ti/K and Ti/Ca) displayed a dominant 23 ka periodicity without a clear glacial-interglacial trend. Our precipitation records showed a tight relationship with local summer insolation (3 degrees S, January) with time-dependent lag of 0 to 4 ka. They were generally in anti-phase for U-Th dated Chinese speleothem delta(18)O records. Based on an analogy to modern climate, we propose that precipitation over PNG was primarily determined by interhemispheric insolation contrast, and the contribution of austral fall/winter precipitation added second-order variability that formed the lags. For the last four climate cycles, the WPWP hydrological cycle was closely associated with the eastern Asian monsoon, and the influence of glacial conditions on the low-latitude hydrological cycle was estimated to be limited. (C) 2011 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

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hal-01458311 , version 1 (06-02-2017)

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K. Tachikawa, Olivier Cartapanis, Laurence Vidal, Luc L Beaufort, Tatiana Barlyaeva, et al.. The precession phase of hydrological variability in the Western Pacific Warm Pool during the past 400 ka. Quaternary Science Reviews, 2011, 30 (25-26), pp.3716-3727. ⟨10.1016/j.quascirev.2011.09.016⟩. ⟨hal-01458311⟩
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