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dc.contributor.authorNaik, S.S.
dc.contributor.authorBasak, C.
dc.contributor.authorGoldstein, S.L.
dc.contributor.authorNaidu, P.D.
dc.contributor.authorNaik, S.N.
dc.date.accessioned2019/04/29
dc.date.accessioned2019-04-30T12:48:27Z
dc.date.available2019/02/09
dc.date.available2019-04-30T12:48:27Z
dc.date.issued2019
dc.identifier.citationGeochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, vol.20(2); 2019; 872-882
dc.identifier.issn1525-2028
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1029/2018GC007860
dc.identifier.urihttp://drs.nio.org/drs/handle/2264/8142
dc.description.abstractThe monsoonal signal dominates most climate records from the Indian Ocean. As a consequence, conventional stable isotope tracers have not been effective at tracking ocean circulation in the Indian Ocean and distinguishing between monsoonal and ocean circulation changes in the Bay of Bengal. Here we present a deglacial through Holocene Nd isotope record of seawater in the central Bay of Bengal, spanning the last 16 kyr. Comparison with a published record from the deep equatorial Indian Ocean (Piotrowski et al., 2009) shows that Nd isotope ratios of these cores were similar until ~8 ka (-Nd = -7 to -8 until ~13 ka, and -8.5 to -9.5 between ~13 and 8 ka), after which the Bay of Bengal record diverges to lower values (-Nd = ~ -10.5). We interpret the Nd isotope record until ~8 ka in both cores to represent the influence of the global overturning ocean circulation. The divergence of the record in the Bay of Bengal since ~8 ka to lower -Nd values is coincident with a major increase in the strength of the rain-bearing southwest monsoon and a high sediment load from the Ganga-Brahmaputra Rivers to the Bengal Fan that reflects major impacts from the intensified monsoon. Thus, the Nd isotopes are sensitive recorders of the changes in monsoon intensity in the Bay of Bengal
dc.languageen
dc.publisherJohn Wiley & Sons
dc.relation.isreferencedbySCI
dc.titleA 16-kyr Record of Ocean Circulation and Monsoon Intensification From the Central Bay of Bengal
dc.typeJournal Article
dc.affiliation.authorCSIR-National Institute of Oceanography, Dona Paula, Goa, India


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