A synthesis of monsoon exploration in the Asian marginal seas
Department of Geology and Geophysics, Louisiana State University,
Baton Rouge, LA 70803, USA
Christian Betzler
Institute for Geology, German Research Fleet Coordination Center,
University of Hamburg, Bundesstrasse 55, 20146 Hamburg, Germany
Steven C. Clemens
Department of Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences, Box 1846, Brown University, Providence, RI 02912-1846, USA
Beth Christensen
Department of Environmental Science, Rowan University, 201 Mullica
Hill Road, Glassboro, NJ 08028, USA
Gregor P. Eberli
CSL – Center for Carbonate Research, University of Miami, 4600 Rickenbacker Causeway, Miami, FL 33149, USA
Christian France-Lanord
Centre de Recherches Pétrographiques et Géochimiques,
Université de Nancy, CNRS UMR 7358, 54500, Vandoeuvre-lès-Nancy,
France
Stephen Gallagher
School of Geography, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, The University of Melbourne, Victoria, 3010, Australia
Ann Holbourn
Institute of Geosciences, Christian-Albrecht University,
Olshausenstrasse 40, 24118 Kiel, Germany
Wolfgang Kuhnt
Institute of Geosciences, Christian-Albrecht University,
Olshausenstrasse 40, 24118 Kiel, Germany
Richard W. Murray
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA 02543, USA
Yair Rosenthal
School of Environmental and Biological Sciences, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, 71 Dudley Road, New Brunswick, NJ 08901-8520, USA
Ryuji Tada
Department of Earth and Planetary Science, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-Ku, Tokyo, 113-0033, Japan
Shiming Wan
Key Laboratory of Marine Geology and Environment, Institute of
Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 7 Nanhai Road, Qingdao, Shandong
Province, 266071, China
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Short summary
An integrated campaign of drilling around Asia and Australia was conducted from 2013 to 2016 to reconstruct the monsoon climate. The results provide relatively continuous records spanning the last 24 myr. Asia has shown a steady drying since the late Miocene, while Australia has become wetter. The monsoons are affected by the tectonics of Asia and surrounding seas, as well as orbital forcing, resulting in diachronous evolution of continental climate, ocean currents, and the marine biosphere.
An integrated campaign of drilling around Asia and Australia was conducted from 2013 to 2016 to...

