Mawmluh Cave

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Mawmluh Cave is a limestone cave in Meghalaya, India, internationally significant as a key site for studying late Holocene climate and monsoon history.

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Mawmluh Cave canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf cave ⓘ
geological site ⓘ
limestone cave ⓘ
paleoclimate archive ⓘ
associatedWith Indian Summer Monsoon ⓘ
linked to: Southwest monsoon

South Asian monsoon system ⓘ
climateProxy carbon isotope ratios in speleothems ⓘ
oxygen isotope ratios in speleothems ⓘ
trace element concentrations in speleothems ⓘ
climateSignificance contains high-resolution speleothem climate records ⓘ
records variability of Indian Summer Monsoon ⓘ
country India ⓘ
environment humid subtropical to tropical monsoon climate ⓘ
geologicalSetting limestone karst ⓘ
hasAccess cave entrance near Mawmluh village ⓘ
hasFeature speleothems ⓘ
stalactites ⓘ
stalagmites ⓘ
hasFormationProcess karst dissolution of limestone ⓘ
hasHydrology seasonally variable drip water ⓘ
hasScientificImportance international ⓘ
key site for hydroclimate variability ⓘ
key site for monsoon dynamics ⓘ
isPartOf Meghalaya karst region ⓘ
linked to: Khasi Hills
languageOfToponym Khasi ⓘ
linked to: Khasi language
locatedIn East Khasi Hills district ⓘ
Meghalaya ⓘ
northeastern India ⓘ
locatedNear Cherrapunji ⓘ
locatedOnContinent Asia ⓘ
nearbyLocality Mawmluh village ⓘ
region Shillong Plateau area ⓘ
linked to: Shillong Plateau
rockType limestone ⓘ
subjectOf monsoon variability studies ⓘ
paleoclimate research papers ⓘ
speleothem isotope analyses ⓘ
timePeriodStudied last few thousand years ⓘ
late Holocene ⓘ
tourism visited by cavers and researchers ⓘ
usedFor late Holocene climate studies ⓘ
monsoon reconstruction ⓘ
paleoclimate research ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Meghalayan → GSSPDefinedAt → Mawmluh Cave ⓘ
Meghalayan Age → GSSPLocation → Mawmluh Cave ⓘ