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SUMMARY:Indian Monsoon: Trends\, Rhythms and Thresholds since Eocene - Liv
 iu Giosan\, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
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CONTACT:Ioan Lascu
DESCRIPTION:Complete lack of consensus on the Neogene establishment and ev
 olution of the Asian monsoon in general\, and Indian monsoon in particular
 \, is remarkable after almost half a century of research. My lecture will 
 introduce novel interpretations base on new terrestrial and oceanic record
 s spanning the last 34 million years from the Bay of Bengal as well the Ar
 abian and Andaman Seas. I discuss a potential solution to the conundrum of
  monsoon wind-precipitation decoupling and I propose that the Indian monso
 on had two distinct flavours during the Neogene that can be largely explai
 ned by its heartbeat\, or the astronomical forcing\, interacting  with the
  paleogeography of South Asia. Lastly I touch on potential effects of this
  monsoon reinterpretation on elemental cycles\, including carbon\, during 
 Neogene.
LOCATION:Tilley Lecture Theatre\, Department of Earth Sciences
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