Calibrating n-alkane Sphagnum proxies in sub-Arctic Scandinavia

JE Vonk, Ö Gustafsson - Organic Geochemistry, 2009 - Elsevier
Moss covered, high latitude wetlands hold large amounts of terrestrial organic matter (OM),
which may be vulnerable to expected climate warming. Molecular analysis of fluvially …

Conservative composition of n-alkane biomarkers in Sphagnum species: implications for palaeoclimate reconstruction in ombrotrophic peat bogs

EM Bingham, EL McClymont, M Väliranta… - Organic …, 2010 - Elsevier
The n-alkane distributions from total lipid extracts of ten modern Sphagnum moss species,
collected from a suite of ombrotrophic bogs across Europe, were determined using gas …

n-Alkane distributions in ombrotrophic mires as indicators of vegetation change related to climatic variation

CJ Nott, S Xie, LA Avsejs, D Maddy, FM Chambers… - Organic …, 2000 - Elsevier
Lipid analysis of modern bog vegetation revealed n-alkane distributions for Sphagnum
species displaying enhanced abundances of lower chain length homologues (C21–C25) …

Large ancient organic matter contributions to Arctic marine sediments (Svalbard)

JH Kim, F Peterse, V Willmott… - Limnology and …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Soils, fine‐grained ice‐rafted detritus (IRD), coals, and marine surface sediments in the
Arctic realm (Svalbard) were collected in 2007 and 2008 to characterize organic matter (OM) …

Permafrost Organic Carbon Turnover and Export Into a High‐Arctic Fjord: A Case Study From Svalbard Using Compound‐specific 14C Analysis

S Kusch, J Rethemeyer, D Ransby… - Journal of …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
In a warming climate, thawing permafrost soils in the circumpolar Arctic region are subject to
enhanced microbial turnover as well as mass mobilization and other erosion processes …

Biomarkers as proxies for plant inputs to peats: an example from a sub-boreal ombrotrophic bog

RD Pancost, M Baas, B van Geel, JSS Damsté - Organic geochemistry, 2002 - Elsevier
Lipid distributions in modern peat-forming plants were determined and compared to
biomarkers recovered from a ca. 2800 year old peat deposited in a Dutch ombrotrophic bog …

Lipid biomarker investigation of the origin and diagenetic state of sub-arctic terrestrial organic matter presently exported into the northern Bothnian Bay

JE Vonk, BE van Dongen, Ö Gustafsson - Marine Chemistry, 2008 - Elsevier
Predicted climate warming and observed increases in river discharge in the vulnerable
Arctic region can lead to alterations in the flux and composition of terrestrial organic matter …

Influence of vegetation type on n-alkane composition and hydrogen isotope values from a high latitude ombrotrophic bog

NL Balascio, WJ D'Andrea, RS Anderson… - Organic Geochemistry, 2018 - Elsevier
The composition and hydrogen isotope values of leaf wax components can be powerful
tools in reconstructing past climate and environments. However, interpretation of past …

[HTML][HTML] Compositional differences in dissolved organic matter between Arctic cold seeps versus non-seep sites at the Svalbard continental margin and the Barents …

MF Sert, J D'Andrilli, F Gründger, H Niemann… - Frontiers in Earth …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Dissociating gas hydrates, submerged permafrost, and gas bearing sediments release
methane to the water column from a multitude of seeps in the Arctic Ocean. The seeping …

Sediment and soil organic matter source assessment as revealed by the molecular distribution and carbon isotopic composition of n-alkanes

R Mead, Y Xu, J Chong, R Jaffé - Organic Geochemistry, 2005 - Elsevier
The assessment of organic matter (OM) sources in sediments and soils is a key to better
understand the biogeochemical cycling of carbon in aquatic environments. While traditional …