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 …

Hydrologic cycling over Antarctica during the middle Miocene warming

SJ Feakins, S Warny, JE Lee - Nature Geoscience, 2012 - nature.com
From 20 to 15 million years (Myr) ago, a period of global warmth reversed the previous ice
growth on Antarctica, leading to the retreat of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet and the …

Distributions of n-alkanes and their hydrogen isotopic composition in plants from Lake Qinghai (China) and the surrounding area

Y Duan, L Xu - Applied geochemistry, 2012 - Elsevier
Various aquatic plants from Lake Qinghai, the largest inland saline lake in China, and
terrestrial plants from the surrounding area were investigated for the distribution of n-alkanes …

Effect of different wetness conditions on Sphagnum lipid composition in the Erxianyan peatland, central China

X Huang, J Xue, J Zhang, Y Qin, PA Meyers… - Organic geochemistry, 2012 - Elsevier
Samples of Sphagnumpalustre and peat from the Erxianyan peatland, central China, were
analyzed for lipids and their carbon isotopes to investigate how lipid distributions respond to …

Assessment for paleoclimatic utility of terrestrial biomarker records in the Okhotsk Sea sediments

O Seki, N Harada, M Sato, K Kawamura, A Ijiri… - Deep Sea Research …, 2012 - Elsevier
We measured terrestrial plant biomarker (long-chain n-alkanes) in the sediment cores taken
from the Sea of Okhotsk to examine paleoclimatic utility of long-chain n-alkanes in marine …

Assessment of hydrogen isotopic compositions of n‐fatty acids as paleoclimate proxies in Lake Biwa sediments

O Seki, K Kawamura, R Ishiwatari - Journal of Quaternary …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Compound specific hydrogen isotopic compositions (δD) of free and bound forms of n‐fatty
acids (FA) were measured throughout a 200 m sediment core taken from Lake Biwa to …

Influence of variation in precipitation on the δD values of terrestrial n-alkanes on the southern Tibetan Plateau

Y Xie, BQ Xu, GJ Wu, SB Lin - Chinese Science Bulletin, 2012 - Springer
A short lake sedimentary core and ice core were recovered from Lake Chen Co and
Noijingangsang Glacier, respectively, in the Lake Yamdrok watershed of the southern …

Biomarker records in penguin droppings and observed changes in penguin communities and their response to the ENSO in the Western Antarctic

HS Zhang, DD Lu, PS Yu, WG Zhang, B Lu… - Science China Earth …, 2012 - Springer
Lipid biomarkers in AD2 penguin droppings-amend soil core from the Ardley Island, Western
Antarctic, were dated using 210 Pb. Changes in the fatty acid ratios of n C 18: 2/n C 18: 0 …

藏南地区降水量变化对陆源正构烷烃单体氢稳定同位素影响初探

谢营, 徐柏青, 邬光剑, 林树标 - 2012 - ir.itpcas.ac.cn
在藏南羊卓雍错流域的沉错和宁金岗桑冰川分别钻取了浅湖芯和冰芯, 对过去80
年来湖芯中记录的陆源正构烷烃单体氢稳定同位素(δDwax) 与冰芯氢稳定同位素(δDice) …