An optimised method for the extraction and analysis of lipid biomarkers from stalagmites

AJ Blyth, P Farrimond, M Jones - Organic Geochemistry, 2006 - Elsevier
… of stalagmites poses a problem both for clean extraction and for … method optimised for
cleanliness and maximum lipid recovery. The use of acid digestion and hydrolysis improves lipid

A new approach to detecting vegetation and land-use change using high-resolution lipid biomarker records in stalagmites

AJ Blyth, A Asrat, A Baker, P Gulliver, MJ Leng… - Quaternary …, 2007 - Elsevier
… the development of an optimised sample preparation protocol (… stalagmite biomarker record,
using a sampling interval of 5 to 10 yr, and demonstrating how the plant-derived biomarkers

Optimization of acid digestion conditions on the extraction of fatty acids from stalagmites

C Wang, H Zhang, X Huang, J Huang, S Xie - Frontiers of Earth Science, 2012 - Springer
… Consequently, we suggest the optimized acid digestion … 5 g of each stalagmite sample are
sufficient for the lipid analysis. … resolution lipid biomarker records in stalagmites. Quaternary …

Quantification of low molecular weight fatty acids in cave drip water and speleothems using HPLC-ESI-IT/MS—development and validation of a selective method

JM Bosle, SA Mischel, AL Schulze, D Scholz… - Analytical and …, 2014 - Springer
… research to explain how lipid biomarkers are transported by … method provides an optimized
approach for the extraction and analysis of the targeted fatty acids present in stalagmites

Identifying “free” and “bound” lipid fractions in stalagmite samples: an example from Heshang Cave, Southern China

X Huang, J Cui, Y Pu, J Huang, AJ Blyth - Applied Geochemistry, 2008 - Elsevier
Lipid biomarkers preserved within stalagmites have recently been used to … of lipid records
from stalagmites is still at an early stage, and is hindered by the low abundances of lipids

Molecular organic matter in speleothems and its potential as an environmental proxy

AJ Blyth, A Baker, MJ Collins, KEH Penkman… - Quaternary Science …, 2008 - Elsevier
lipid biomarker analysis in stalagmites has shown that a wide variety of recognisable biomarkers
… entirely possible that the extraction method can be optimised still further, especially if …

Occurrence of tetraether lipids in stalagmites: Implications for sources and GDGT-based proxies

H Yang, W Ding, CL Zhang, X Wu, X Ma, G He… - Organic …, 2011 - Elsevier
Lipid biomarkers in stalagmites have potential in palaeoenvironmental reconstruction, but
glycerol dialkyl glycerol tetraethers (GDGTs) in stalagmites … in Heshang Cave stalagmites in …

[HTML][HTML] Investigating the application of organic geochemical techniques to tropical Anjohibe (Madagascar) stalagmites

RR Dawson, IS Castañeda, SJ Burns, JM Salacup… - Organic …, 2024 - Elsevier
Stalagmite AB4 was never analyzed in detail for carbonate … AB3 stalagmites, AB4 was used
for testing extraction methods … that could be dissolved for biomarker analysis. Soil and plant …

Method development for the analysis of biochemical and paleo-environmental markers in speleothems

J Homann - 2023 - openscience.ub.uni-mainz.de
… complemented by organic biomarkers that record more … LOPs were analysed in a stalagmite,
reconstructing fire activity and … be used to optimise separation and shorten analysis time. …

Organic compounds preserved in a 2.9 million year old stalagmite from the Nullarbor Plain, Australia

AJ Blyth, JS Watson, J Woodhead, J Hellstrom - Chemical Geology, 2010 - Elsevier
… This work therefore qualitatively analyses organic compounds recovered via a sequential
organic extraction from a Nullarbor stalagmite with the aim of … Extraction of lipid biomarkers