The 6-methyl branched tetraethers significantly affect the performance of the methylation index (MBT′) in soils from an altitudinal transect at Mount Shennongjia

H Yang, X Lü, W Ding, Y Lei, X Dang, S Xie - Organic Geochemistry, 2015 - Elsevier
The methylation index (MBT or MBT′) of branched glycerol dialkyl glycerol tetraethers
(brGDGTs) in soils along altitudinal transects of some mountains, eg Mount (Mt.) …

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 …

Peatland GDGT records of Holocene climatic and biogeochemical responses to the Asian Monsoon

Y Zheng, Q Li, Z Wang, BDA Naafs, X Yu… - Organic …, 2015 - Elsevier
Branched and isoprenoidal glycerol dialkyl glycerol tetraether (GDGT) membrane lipids
have been widely used to reconstruct past climate and environmental change. They are not …

Hydroxylated isoprenoid GDGTs in Chinese coastal seas and their potential as a paleotemperature proxy for mid-to-low latitude marginal seas

X Lü, XL Liu, FJ Elling, H Yang, S Xie, J Song, X Li… - Organic …, 2015 - Elsevier
Hydroxylated isoprenoid glycerol dialkyl glycerol tetraethers (OH-GDGTs), with one or two
hydroxyl groups in one of the biphytanyl moieties, are major compounds in planktonic …

Global calibration of a novel, branched GDGT-based soil pH proxy

W Xiao, Y Xu, S Ding, Y Wang, X Zhang, H Yang… - Organic …, 2015 - Elsevier
Recently, 6-methyl branched glycerol dialkyl glycerol tetraethers (brGDGTs) were separated
from 5-methyl brGDGTs, which are used in brGDGT-based proxies. Here we analyzed …

Paleoelevation records from lipid biomarkers: Application to the tropical Andes

VJ Anderson, JE Saylor, TM Shanahan… - …, 2015 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
New results from two novel lipid biomarker–based proxies help to constrain the late
Cenozoic surface elevation history of the Eastern Cordillera in the tropical northern Andes of …

Sources of organic matter in Changjiang (Yangtze River) bed sediments: preliminary insights from organic geochemical proxies

Z Li, F Peterse, Y Wu, H Bao, TI Eglinton, J Zhang - Organic Geochemistry, 2015 - Elsevier
Insight into the content and composition of organic carbon (OC) in river systems contributes
to our understanding of the global carbon cycle. The Changjiang (Yangtze River) plays a …

Glacial–interglacial contrast in MBT/CBT proxies in the South China Sea: Implications for marine production of branched GDGTs and continental teleconnection

L Dong, Q Li, L Li, CL Zhang - Organic Geochemistry, 2015 - Elsevier
Two proxies derived from branched glycerol dialkyl glycerol tetraethers (br GDGTs), the
methylation index of branched tetraethers (MBT) and the cyclization ratio of branched …

Temporal variation in community structure and lipid composition of Thaumarchaeota from subtropical soil: Insight into proposing a new soil pH proxy

W Xie, C Zhang, C Ma - Organic geochemistry, 2015 - Elsevier
Crenarchaeol is a unique glycerol dialkyl glycerol tetraether (GDGT) lipid specific to
Thaumarchaeota, which play an important role in the global C and N cycles. GDGTs from …

Paleoaltimetry proxies based on bacterial branched tetraether membrane lipids in soils

H Yang, W Xiao, C Jia, S Xie - Frontiers of Earth Science, 2015 - Springer
Abstract The MBT/CBT (Methylation Index of Branched Tetraethers/Cyclisation ratio of
Branched Tetraether) proxy, a terrestrial paleothermometer based on bacterial branched …