Asian Monsoon Variability Recorded in Other Archives

Abstract

This chapter provides an extensive review of paleomonsoon variability on millennial- to decadal time scales in various archives other than loess, including speleothems, lake sediments, peat deposits, desert deposits, marine sediments, corals, ice cores, tree rings, pollen archives and historical documents. Case studies will be presented to introduce the major proxy indices associated with these archives, and the reconstructed history of Asian monsoon variability. Advances in the study of monsoon variability and the peculiarity of different archives will also be introduced in this chapter.