n-Alkane distribution and carbon stable isotope composition in leaf waxes of C3 and C4 plants from Angola

T Badewien, A Vogts, J Rullkötter - Organic Geochemistry, 2015 - Elsevier
Palaeoenvironmental assessment of past C 3 and C 4 vegetation distributions relies on end
member data from plant analyses. In southwestern Africa, end member data of the carbon …

Carbon isotope systematics of leaf wax n-alkanes in a temperate lacustrine depositional environment

JW Andrae, FA McInerney, JMK Sniderman - Organic Geochemistry, 2020 - Elsevier
The carbon isotope ratio (δ 13 C) of plant-derived organic carbon preserved in geological
archives can be a valuable proxy for the relative abundance of terrestrial plants using C3 …

Understanding the disparity in n-alkane production among angiosperms and gymnosperms from the higher Himalayas: Inferences drawn from a Machine Learning …

B Dasgupta, A Ajay, P Prakash, P Sanyal - Organic Geochemistry, 2022 - Elsevier
The relative abundances of n-alkanes in plant-derived organic matter serve as reliable
biomarkers in paleoecological studies, given that leaf wax characteristics in terrestrial plants …

Leaf wax n-alkanes in modern plants and topsoils from eastern Georgia (Caucasus) – implications for reconstructing regional paleovegetation

M Bliedtner, IK Schäfer, R Zech… - …, 2018 - bg.copernicus.org
Long-chain n-alkanes originate from leaf waxes of higher terrestrial plants, they are
relatively resistant against physical and chemical degradation and are preserved in …

Chemotaxonomic significance of distribution and stable carbon isotopic composition of long-chain alkanes and alkan-1-ols in C4 grass waxes

F Rommerskirchen, A Plader, G Eglinton… - Organic …, 2006 - Elsevier
Grasses (Poaceae) are distributed across the world in broad latitudinal belts and are an
important source of C4 biomass in the geological record of soils as well as lake and marine …

Identifying plant wax inputs in lake sediments using machine learning

MD Peaple, JE Tierney, D McGee, TK Lowenstein… - Organic …, 2021 - Elsevier
This study aims to evaluate whether machine learning techniques can be successfully
applied to process the complex information contained within the molecular abundance …

A 25,000-year record of climate-induced changes in lowland vegetation of eastern equatorial Africa revealed by the stable carbon-isotopic composition of fossil plant …

JSS Damsté, D Verschuren, J Ossebaar… - Earth and Planetary …, 2011 - Elsevier
The debate of climate versus CO2 in controlling the long-term dynamics of tropical African
vegetation has focused on events at the upper tree-line, since the relevant paleodata tend to …

Distribution of n-alkanes and their δ2H and δ13C values in typical plants along a terrestrial-coastal-oceanic gradient

D He, SN Ladd, CJ Saunders, RN Mead… - … et Cosmochimica Acta, 2020 - Elsevier
Reconstructing past responses of coastal wetlands to climate change contextualizes
ongoing and future developments in these globally important ecosystems. The molecular …

Does leaf wax isotopic characterisation of gymnosperms and angiosperms capture environmental gradients in Himalayas?

DK Jha, P Hirave, S Ghosh, B Dasgupta, P Sanyal - Organic Geochemistry, 2024 - Elsevier
The responses of angiosperms and gymnosperms to environmental variables (eg, rainfall
[MAP], temperature [MAT] and pCO 2) remain ambiguous and require systematic …

Effects of plant types on terrestrial leaf wax long-chain n-alkane biomarkers: Implications and paleoapplications

J Liu, J Zhao, D He, X Huang, C Jiang, H Yan… - Earth-Science …, 2022 - Elsevier
Terrestrial leaf wax n-alkane biomarkers provide considerable insights into
paleoenvironmental reconstruction. Over decades, a substantial number of field …