Molecular paleohydrology: interpreting the hydrogen-isotopic composition of lipid biomarkers from photosynthesizing organisms

D Sachse, I Billault, GJ Bowen… - Annual Review of …, 2012 - annualreviews.org
Hydrogen-isotopic abundances of lipid biomarkers are emerging as important proxies in the
study of ancient environments and ecosystems. A decade ago, pioneering studies made use …

Factors controlling the deuterium contents of sedimentary hydrocarbons

AL Sessions - Organic Geochemistry, 2016 - Elsevier
The hydrogen isotopic compositions of sedimentary hydrocarbon molecules are now being
used to address a range of scientific questions, from paleoclimate to environmental …

Hydrogen isotope fractionation in freshwater algae: I. Variations among lipids and species

Z Zhang, JP Sachs - Organic Geochemistry, 2007 - Elsevier
Five species of freshwater green algae, including three strains of Botryococcus braunii (two
A Race, one B Race), Eudorina unicocca and Volvox aureus, were cultured under controlled …

Compound-specific D/H ratios of lipid biomarkers from sediments as a proxy for environmental and climatic conditions

PE Sauer, TI Eglinton, JM Hayes… - … et Cosmochimica Acta, 2001 - Elsevier
Hydrogen isotope ratios (D/H) of lipid biomarkers extracted from aquatic sediments were
measured to determine whether they can be used as a proxy for D/H of environmental water …

Preservation of lipid hydrogen isotope ratios in Miocene lacustrine sediments and plant fossils at Clarkia, northern Idaho, USA

H Yang, Y Huang - Organic Geochemistry, 2003 - Elsevier
We measured D/H ratios of individual lipids isolated from plant fossils and water-lain
sediments from the Miocene Clarkia lacustrine deposit (15–20 Ma) in northern Idaho, USA …

Fractionation of hydrogen isotopes in lipid biosynthesis

AL Sessions, TW Burgoyne, A Schimmelmann… - Organic …, 1999 - Elsevier
Isotopic compositions of carbon-bound hydrogen in individual compounds from eight
different organisms were measured using isotope-ratio-monitoring gas chromatography …

Hydrogen-isotopic variability in lipids from Santa Barbara Basin sediments

C Li, AL Sessions, FS Kinnaman… - … et Cosmochimica Acta, 2009 - Elsevier
We conducted an extensive survey of hydrogen-isotopic compositions (D/H ratios) of diverse
sedimentary lipids from the Santa Barbara Basin (SBB), offshore southern California. The …

Hydrogen isotope ratios of individual lipids in lake sediments as novel tracers of climatic and environmental change: a surface sediment test

Y Huang, B Shuman, Y Wang, T Webb - Journal of Paleolimnology, 2004 - Springer
We determined hydrogen isotope ratios of modern lake-waters and individual lipids from
surface sediments of 36 lakes in the eastern North America. The lakes selected lie on two …

Hydrogen isotope ratios of lacustrine sedimentary n-alkanes as proxies of tropical African hydrology: insights from a calibration transect across Cameroon

Y Garcin, VF Schwab, G Gleixner, A Kahmen… - … et Cosmochimica Acta, 2012 - Elsevier
Hydrogen isotope values (δD) of sedimentary aquatic and terrestrial lipid biomarkers,
originating from algae, bacteria, and leaf wax, have been used to record isotopic properties …

Effect of leaf litter degradation and seasonality on D/H isotope ratios of n-alkane biomarkers

M Zech, N Pedentchouk, B Buggle, K Leiber… - … et Cosmochimica Acta, 2011 - Elsevier
During the last decade, compound-specific hydrogen isotope analysis of plant leaf-wax and
sedimentary n-alkyl lipids has become a promising tool for paleohydrological …