Articles | Volume 11, issue 5
https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-11-709-2015
https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-11-709-2015
Research article
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07 May 2015
Research article |  | 07 May 2015

Non-linear regime shifts in Holocene Asian monsoon variability: potential impacts on cultural change and migratory patterns

J. F. Donges, R. V. Donner, N. Marwan, S. F. M. Breitenbach, K. Rehfeld, and J. Kurths

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Python scripts for detecting nonlinear regime shifts in paleoclimate time series Jonathan F. Donges https://github.com/pik-copan/pyregimeshifts

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Short summary
Paleoclimate records from cave deposits allow the reconstruction of Holocene dynamics of the Asian monsoon system, an important tipping element in Earth's climate. Employing recently developed techniques of nonlinear time series analysis reveals several robust and continental-scale regime shifts in the complexity of monsoonal variability. These regime shifts might have played an important role as drivers of migration, cultural change, and societal collapse during the past 10,000 years.