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

AJ Blyth, A Baker, MJ Collins, KEH Penkman… - Quaternary Science …, 2008 - Elsevier
Organic matter preserved in speleothems has considerable potential to record changes in
the surrounding environment, particularly in the overlying vegetation. Here, we review three …

Organic proxies in speleothems–New developments, advantages and limitations

AJ Blyth, A Hartland, A Baker - Quaternary Science Reviews, 2016 - Elsevier
Research into organic matter in speleothems has progressed recently to encompass new
analytical approaches and applications, which offer increased potential in areas such as …

Thermochemolysis of organic matter preserved in stalagmites: A preliminary study

AJ Blyth, JS Watson - Organic Geochemistry, 2009 - Elsevier
The analysis of organic matter (OM) preserved in stalagmites is a growing field, but there
have been few studies of biomarker compounds such as lignin phenols that are widely used …

A 2000‐year lipid biomarker record preserved in a stalagmite from north‐west Scotland

AJ Blyth, A Baker, LE Thomas… - Journal of Quaternary …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Previous studies on lipid biomarkers preserved in Chinese stalagmites have indicated that
ratios of low‐molecular‐weight (LMW) to high‐molecular‐weight (HMW) n‐alkanes, n‐alkan …

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
A hundred-year stalagmite lipid biomarker record from Mechara, southeastern Ethiopia, is
presented. The record has been recovered at a 10-yr temporal resolution, marking the first …

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
Stalagmites are good archives for paleoecological change, as they are easy to date, and
contain multiple environmental proxy records, including climatic records from oxygen …

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
A 2.9 Ma stalagmite from the Nullarbor Plain, South Australia was analysed for organic
components. In contrast to previously analysed stalagmites, no significant lipid record was …

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

AJ Blyth, P Farrimond, M Jones - Organic Geochemistry, 2006 - Elsevier
Lipid compositions preserved in stalagmites have significant potential for use in
reconstruction of global climate change and regional vegetation cover, but the low organic …

Climatic and cave settings influence on drip water fluorescent organic matter with implications for fluorescent laminations in stalagmites

LS Endres, C Jacquin, S González-Lemos… - Quaternary …, 2024 - cambridge.org
Speleothem fluorescence can provide insights into past vegetation dynamics and stalagmite
chronology. However, its origin and especially the formation of fluorescent laminations in …

Mass spectrometry and reverse phase HPLC techniques for the identification of degraded fossil pigments in lake sediments and their application in palaeolimnology

DA Hodgson, SW Wright, N Davies - Journal of Paleolimnology, 1997 - Springer
Accurate identification of fossil pigments is essential if they are to be used as biomarker
compounds in palaeolimnological studies. In recent years High Performance Liquid …