Wei, Gangjian; Deng, Wenfeng; Yu, Kefu; Li, Xian-hua; Sun, Weidong D; Zhao, Jian-Xin (2007): Uranium-Thorium dating and sea surface temperatures from corals from Hainan Island, South China Sea [dataset publication series]. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.743025, Supplement to: Wei, G et al. (2007): Sea surface temperature records in the northern South China Sea from mid-Holocene coral Sr/Ca ratios. Paleoceanography, 22(3), PA3206, https://doi.org/10.1029/2006PA001270
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Abstract:
Three mid-Holocene sea surface temperature (SST) records spanning more than 30 years were reconstructed for the northern South China Sea using Sr/Ca ratios in Porites corals. The results indicate warmer than present climates between circa 6100 yr B.P. and circa 6500 yr B.P. with the mid-Holocene average minimum monthly winter SSTs, the average maximum monthly summer SSTs, and the average annual SSTs being about 0.5°-1.4°C, 0°-2.0°C, and 0.2°-1.5°C higher, respectively, than they were during 1970-1994. Summer SSTs decrease from circa 6500 yr B.P. to circa 6100 yr B.P. with a minimum centered at circa 6300 yr B.P. The higher average summer SSTs are consistent with a stronger summer monsoon during the mid-Holocene, and the decreasing trend indicates a secular decrease of summer monsoon strength, which reflects the change in summer insolation in the Northern Hemisphere. El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) cycles were apparent in both the mid-Holocene coral and modern instrumental records. However, the ENSO variability in the mid-Holocene SSTs was weaker than that in the modern record, and the SST record with the highest summer temperatures from circa 6460 yr B.P. to 6496 yr B.P. shows no robust ENSO cycle. This agrees with other studies that indicate that stronger summer monsoon circulation may have been associated with suppressed ENSO variability during the mid-Holocene.
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- Wei, G; Deng, W; Yu, K et al. (2007): Strontium/Calcium ratio measurements and sea surface temperatures from corals of Hainan Island, South China Sea. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.742989
- Wei, G; Deng, W; Yu, K et al. (2007): (Table 1) Uranium-Thorium datings from corals of Hainan Island, South China Sea. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.743019