5-n-Alkylresorcinols as biomarkers of sedges in an ombrotrophic peat section

LA Avsejs, CJ Nott, S Xie, D Maddy, FM Chambers… - Organic …, 2002 - Elsevier
5-n-Alkylresorcinols with alkyl chain lengths varying from C19 to C25 were identified solely
in bog-forming plant species classified as sedges (Eriophorum vaginatum, E. angustifolium …

Methoxy-serratenes in a soil under conifers and their potential use as biomarkers of Pinaceae

C Le Milbeau, M Lavrieux, J Jacob, JG Bréheret… - Organic …, 2013 - Elsevier
In the frame of a study aimed at defining new soil molecular biomarkers that could attest to
former land use and that could also be screened in lake sediments for palaeoenvironmental …

2-Methylretene in sedimentary material: a new higher plant biomarker

TP Bastow, RK Singh, BGK van Aarssen… - Organic …, 2001 - Elsevier
2-Methylretene has been synthesised, characterised and identified in sedimentary material
from a range of locations, source types and ages. 2-Methylretene was observed only in …

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 …

C23–C31 n-alkan-2-ones are biomarkers for the genus Sphagnum in freshwater peatlands

JE Nichols, Y Huang - Organic Geochemistry, 2007 - Elsevier
Long chain, odd carbon-numbered n-alkan-2-ones are abundant in peatland sediments. We
show that they are present in all species of Sphagnum we have examined but are absent …

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) …

Degradation and preservation of vascular plant-derived biomarkers in grassland and forest soils from Western Canada

A Otto, MJ Simpson - Biogeochemistry, 2005 - Springer
The total solvent extracts (TSE) of mineral and organic horizons of selected soils and
overlying vegetation were analyzed using gas chromatography–mass spectrometry (GC …

Palaeoclimate records in compound-specific δD values of a lipid biomarker in ombrotrophic peat

S Xie, CJ Nott, LA Avsejs, F Volders, D Maddy… - Organic …, 2000 - Elsevier
Compound-specific δD values recorded by means of gas chromatography–thermal
conversion–isotope ratio mass spectrometry (GC–TC–IRMS) of the biomarker n-alkane (n …

Molecular characterization of organic matter in sediments from the Keg River formation (Elk Point group), western Canada sedimentary basin

A Behrens, H Wilkes, P Schaeffer, H Clegg… - Organic …, 1998 - Elsevier
Distributions of free and sulfur-bound biomarkers in organic-rich sediments from the lower
and upper Keg River formation (Elk Point group, western Canada) reveal deposition of these …

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 …