Stable carbon isotope ratios of intact GDGTs indicate heterogeneous sources to marine sediments

A Pearson, SJ Hurley, SRS Walter, S Kusch… - … et Cosmochimica Acta, 2016 - Elsevier
Thaumarchaeota, the major sources of marine glycerol dibiphytanyl glycerol tetraether lipids
(GDGTs), are believed to fix the majority of their carbon directly from dissolved inorganic …

CO2-dependent carbon isotope fractionation in Archaea, Part II: The marine water column

SJ Hurley, HG Close, FJ Elling, CE Jasper… - … et Cosmochimica Acta, 2019 - Elsevier
Stable carbon isotope ratios of archaeal glycerol dibiphytanyl glycerol tetraether (GDGT)
lipids have been proposed as a proxy to infer past changes in the carbon isotope …

Recognition of Early Eocene global carbon isotope excursions using lipids of marine Thaumarchaeota

PL Schoon, C Heilmann-Clausen, BP Schultz… - Earth and Planetary …, 2013 - Elsevier
The Paleocene–Eocene Thermal Maximum (PETM;∼ 56Ma) and Eocene Thermal
Maximum 2 (ETM2;∼ 53Ma) are geological short (< 200,000 years) episodes of extreme …

Assessing production of the ubiquitous archaeal diglycosyl tetraether lipids in marine subsurface sediment using intramolecular stable isotope probing

YS Lin, JS Lipp, M Elvert, T Holler… - Environmental …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
The membrane lipids diglycosyl‐glycerol dibiphytanyl glycerol tetraethers (2G‐GDGTs) in
marine subsurface sediments are believed to originate from uncultivated benthic archaea …

Distribution and export of isoprenoid tetraether lipids in suspended particulate matter from the water column of the Western Atlantic Ocean

SJ Hurley, JS Lipp, HG Close, KU Hinrichs… - Organic …, 2018 - Elsevier
The TEX 86 paleotemperature proxy is based on the distribution of archaeal glycerol
dibiphytanyl glycerol tetraether (GDGT) lipids preserved in marine sediments, yet both the …

Origins of archaeal tetraether lipids in sediments: Insights from radiocarbon analysis

SR Shah, G Mollenhauer, N Ohkouchi… - … et cosmochimica Acta, 2008 - Elsevier
Understanding the supply and preservation of glycerol dibiphytanyl glycerol tetraethers
(GDGTs) in marine sediments helps inform their use in paleoceanography. Compound …

Variations in GDGT distributions through the water column in the South East Atlantic Ocean

MT Hernández-Sánchez, EMS Woodward… - … et Cosmochimica Acta, 2014 - Elsevier
The TetraEther indeX of 86 carbon atoms (TEX 86) temperature proxy is widely used in
reconstructions of past sea surface temperature. Most current calibrations are based on …

A radiocarbon-based assessment of the preservation characteristics of crenarchaeol and alkenones from continental margin sediments

G Mollenhauer, TI Eglinton, EC Hopmans… - Organic …, 2008 - Elsevier
Crenarchaeotal glycerol dibiphytanyl glycerol tetraether (GDGT) lipids and alkenones are
two types of biomarkers, derived from planktonic marine microorganisms, which are used for …

New indices and calibrations derived from the distribution of crenarchaeal isoprenoid tetraether lipids: Implications for past sea surface temperature reconstructions

JH Kim, J Van der Meer, S Schouten, P Helmke… - … et Cosmochimica Acta, 2010 - Elsevier
Several studies have shown that there is a strong relationship between the distribution of
crenarchaeotal isoprenoid glycerol dibiphytanyl glycerol tetraethers (GDGTs) and sea …

Intramolecular stable carbon isotopic analysis of archaeal glycosyl tetraether lipids

YS Lin, JS Lipp, MY Yoshinaga, SH Lin… - Rapid …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Glycolipids are prominent constituents in the membranes of cells from all domains of life. For
example, diglycosyl‐glycerol dibiphytanyl glycerol tetraethers (2Gly‐GDGTs) are associated …