Chinese cave {delta}18O records do not represent northern East Asian summer monsoon rainfall [Physical Sciences]

In a recent study, Goldsmith et al. reconstructed the Holocene lake-level history of Lake Dali in Inner Mongolia from fossil beach ridges and assume it reflected East Asian summer monsoon (EASM) rainfall (1). In addition, they note a good correlation between the lake fluctuations and Chinese speleothem δ18O records, and...

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