Occurrence and abundance of 6-methyl branched glycerol dialkyl glycerol tetraethers in soils: Implications for palaeoclimate reconstruction

C De Jonge, EC Hopmans, CI Zell, JH Kim… - … et Cosmochimica Acta, 2014 - Elsevier
The distribution of branched glycerol dialkyl glycerol tetraethers (brGDGTs) in soils has been
shown to correlate with the soil pH and the mean annual air temperature (MAT). This has …

Distributions of 5-and 6-methyl branched glycerol dialkyl glycerol tetraethers (brGDGTs) in East African lake sediment: Effects of temperature, pH, and new lacustrine …

JM Russell, EC Hopmans, SE Loomis, J Liang… - Organic …, 2018 - Elsevier
The distribution of branched glycerol dialkyl glycerol tetraethers (brGDGTs) in soils, peats,
and lake sediments has been shown to correlate with mean annual air temperature (MAAT) …

Distribution of glycerol dialkyl glycerol tetraethers in soils from two environmental transects in the USA

SS Dirghangi, M Pagani, MT Hren, BJ Tipple - Organic Geochemistry, 2013 - Elsevier
Glycerol dialkyl glycerol tetraethers (GDGTs) of both archaeal and bacterial origin form the
basis of new temperature proxies applicable to soil, and lake and marine sediments. In soil …

Distribution of branched glycerol dialkyl glycerol tetraethers in surface soils of the Qinghai–Tibetan Plateau: implications of brGDGTs-based proxies in cold and dry …

S Ding, Y Xu, Y Wang, Y He, J Hou, L Chen… - …, 2015 - bg.copernicus.org
The methylation index of branched tetraethers (MBT) and cyclization ratio of branched
tetraethers (CBT) based on the distribution of branched glycerol dialkyl glycerol tetraethers …

Influence of soil pH on the abundance and distribution of core and intact polar lipid-derived branched GDGTs in soil

F Peterse, GW Nicol, S Schouten, JSS Damsté - Organic Geochemistry, 2010 - Elsevier
Branched glycerol dialkyl glycerol tetraether (GDGT) lipids occur in soils worldwide and are
presumed to be produced by soil bacteria. They form the base of the MBT/CBT proxy …

Evidence of moisture control on the methylation of branched glycerol dialkyl glycerol tetraethers in semi-arid and arid soils

X Dang, H Yang, BDA Naafs, RD Pancost… - … et Cosmochimica Acta, 2016 - Elsevier
The distribution of bacterial branched glycerol dialkyl glycerol tetraethers (brGDGTs) is
influenced by growth temperature and pH. This results in the widespread application of the …

Identification and carbon isotope composition of a novel branched GDGT isomer in lake sediments: Evidence for lacustrine branched GDGT production

Y Weber, C De Jonge, WIC Rijpstra… - … et Cosmochimica Acta, 2015 - Elsevier
Branched glycerol dialkyl glycerol tetraethers (brGDGTs) are bacterial membrane lipids that
occur ubiquitously in soils and lacustrine sediments and have great potential as proxy …

Distributions of branched GDGTs in soils and lake sediments from western Uganda: Implications for a lacustrine paleothermometer

SE Loomis, JM Russell, JSS Damsté - Organic Geochemistry, 2011 - Elsevier
Bacterially produced branched glycerol dialkyl glycerol tetraethers (GDGTs) are ubiquitous
in soils and lake sediments and can potentially be used to reconstruct past temperatures. In …

The effect of improved chromatography on GDGT-based palaeoproxies

EC Hopmans, S Schouten, JSS Damsté - Organic Geochemistry, 2016 - Elsevier
The development of methods using liquid chromatography coupled to mass spectrometry to
analyze glycerol dialkyl glycerol tetraethers (GDGTs) has substantially expanded the …

Refining the global branched glycerol dialkyl glycerol tetraether (brGDGT) soil temperature calibration

BDA Naafs, AV Gallego-Sala, GN Inglis… - Organic …, 2017 - Elsevier
Branched glycerol dialkyl glycerol tetraethers (brGDGTs) are increasingly used to
reconstruct past terrestrial temperature and soil pH. Here we compare all available modern …