Review of Paleoclimatic Reconstruction in Thailand Between the Last Glacial Maximum and the Mid Holocene

Thailand has been considered to be located at the strategically important location for studying of the Asian monsoon variability. The reconstructed climatic conditions based on proxies in the lake sediments were here assembled. These data were subsequently synthesized in order to insight into the past climate variability in this key area between the last glacial maximum (LGM) and the mid Holocene (23,000–4,000 year before present or BP). Despites cool and dry conditions can be derived from the proxies in the sediment obtained from the north and northeast Thailand, the relatively warm and wet conditions can be reconstructed in the south during the LGM.               The cool temperature and low precipitation prevail in the northeastern part of Thailand through the deglaciation (19,000–12,900 year BP). However, the north and south climatic conditions during this time interval cannot be reconstructed since the sediment cores derived from these area potentially containing unconformities.                              The northeast Thailand climate transfers to the wet conditions from the Younger Dryas to the mid Holocene (12,900–5,000 year BP). Although the onset of high precipitation cannot be defined in the records obtained from the south due to the hiatus in the sediment core. The wet conditions in the south cover entire the early Holocene (11,700–8,000 year BP) and terminate in the mid Holocene (8,000–4,000 year BP). Keywords : proxy, year before present, the last glacial maximum, the Younger Dryas, the Holocene